Should I Buy A Jointer? | WT616

Wood Talk #616, Should I Buy a Jointer?

On today’s show, we’re talking about whether you should buy a jointer, glue-up strategies, and shop walls.

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What’s on the Bench

Marc decided to go with the two-saw setup and is trying to make that happen.Matt is working at the sawmill.Shannon took a New York trip and saw expensive stuff.Kickback

Chris at Lazy Gretl Wood Works follows up on the metric vs. imperial discussion and points out that relative measurements do a lot of the precision work in a project.Jonathan P. Szczepanski writes in to thank the guys for the talk and levity during a rough morning.Chris Williams suggests that someone who uses both metric and imperial in the shop should be called a hybrid woodworker.Philip writes from Northern Ireland as a proud imperial user, even though he learned metric in school and still uses metric when needed.Questions

Brian asks whether he should use drywall, plywood, or something else for the walls in his new walkout basement shop.Jason asks whether he should buy a jointer, cram in a jointer/planer combo, or keep using his planer sled, track saw, and table saw workflow.Mick asks about keeping parts aligned during glue-up and how to handle squeeze-out when clamps are in the way.Links and Resources

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