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    Straight Talk on Jointer/Planer Combo Machines

    Nov 06, 2019 5 minutes
    By Charlie Kocourek

    I've got a nice woodshop, but it wasn't always that way. I started with a contractor saw in the garage. A while later I moved to a bigger house where I could have a dedicated shop. One of the first things I bought for the new shop was a vintage 16" planer. That planer produced a lot of snipe and the dust chute clogged when I ran wide boards through it. Then I bought a nice 13" lunchbox planer, but kept the larger one “just in case.” Later, I added a 6" jointer. I finally had everything I needed to work with rough sawn lumber effectively, but that jointer left a lot to be desired, and I started looking for something better.

    A few years ago, a friend got a 16" jointer/planer combination

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