This is honestly one of the most helpful videos I've seen yet in my woodworking searches. Great job!!!

I have come back to this video so many times just to review it, it's such a simple good technique.

Wow. First time I've seen flattening a board without a sled. Very helpful. This presenter is great. He also has a really good video on dust collection. Very helpful and concise.

Just bought my first planer this week and I ran a few not exactly flat or straight boards through it out of sheer excitement and was a little disappointed when I got the cupping out but the twist was still there. I thought for sure there was a way to fix the issue and was pretty sure it wasn't the machine... Your tutorial was just what the doc ordered... Dead flat!

@Johnny-jr2lq

2 жыл бұрын

Same here I was under the impression that if I ran my 2x4s through the jointer and thickness planer. I wouldn’t have to sand or hand plane them that simply not true with the tools I bought anyway. Home gamer stuff Ridgid thickness planer and Ridgid 6 1/8 jointer.

I can't tell you how happy this video made me..... I've had a cupping issue with my boards but didn't want to go through the effort of making a sled or jig. This is so simple but effective, thank you so much for this!

After watching 3 other videos this ONE showed me simply and succinctly(!) JUST how to plane the twist out of a board in 8 minutes. Just the ticket! thanks.

@Ray_Sellner

6 жыл бұрын

The irony is I had this issue today. This was the first video to show up in my feed. I guess they know I bought a planer.

@bighands69

6 жыл бұрын

Using a hand plane and power hand plane will allow you to plane out twist, bumps and cupping. Doing it completely by hand at the start will allow you to understand the process better.

thanks sir for the very useful information! I have some left over red oak, pretty, and good wood, but some are cupped, etc. I just got a planer, no jointer, so this will help a lot. thanks again.

What an awesome tip! I'm glad I stumbled upon this video

So much simpler than making a planing sled (now I only need one long sled and can do the short stuff using this method)!!! Thank you so much.

I'll be blowed, I have never thought of - or even heard of - doing it this way. So simple! Thanks a bunch

Stopped the vid halfway through to try it. Golden. ty ty

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

The idea of shims is brilliant.. Thanks.

I love the way you speak 🗣👍👍👍

This is a super smart trick. Going to use a planer for the first time today on some rough sawn walnut boards, both of which have some noticeable unevenness.

I've got several twisted and cupped boards. I am going to try this out tomorrow! Thanks!

Thank you. I have been wondering how to do this. A very simple solution. I hope it works.

Great tip! This was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!

Thank you for this video, I think it will be so helpful.

Thanks very much for your video. I was able to level out a 12 x 12 Cutting Board using your technique.

Thank you for this. Excellent information and illustration

fantastic tips with the shims, will use that method, thanks!

An excellent and very usefull training video .Thank you

very useful tips

Amazing value !

Excellent tutorial.

Awesome video best one yet to help me with warped wood

Great tips! I didn't know my planer could do all that.

What a wonderful video. Thanks for sharing your techniques, I apreciate it !!

Excellent video and presentation! Thanks for the advice.

Why am I seeing this 7 years later? Very helpful indeed.

excellent tips for imperfect boards. very useful video. can't help but wonder how many times you've had boards too long and hit you shop door.

Fantastic demo and explanation. I'm subscribed!

tanks a millionaire ! never even thought about that "shim strip idea" ! eureka

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for

One day I will use those tips. Great video!

Good video. Clear and informative.

Thank you for the instruction! Very easy to follow.

Like the shim tip will try that...thanks

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Great tips

Excellent video

simple and brilliant many thanks

Very helpful video. Thank you.

Awesome trick, many thanks

Thanks. Just what I was looking for. I learned a lot.

Very good video! Thanks

Thanks for that. On my way to try that shim thing out...? Cheers Herbie Herbert South Wales UK

Excellent video! Thanks

all these years i’ve wondered what to call it when i was asking for a certain board. it’s PERFECT ‘ that’s the name of the board i’ve wanted PERFECT! geez… TY FOR FINALLY HELPING ME UNDERSTAND…, this is not sarcastic either .. ha.. it’s really simply just perfect cut that i’m wanting 😂…. good for me .. i dunno @ the cutter guy but i’m on his side .

Thanks for this!

Very informative. Thanks!

Thanks

Great idea....

Very cool, thank you.

Great and education video.

Wow ... Nice. Such a good trick.

@woodworkersjournal - Regarding eliminating the twist, you mentioned that the shim method works best when the board is only a bit longer than the length of infeed and outfeed tables on the planer. What do you suggest for longer boards?

Very helpful!.

that was awesome... great video.

@jaganbabutummalapalli3154

4 жыл бұрын

Very nice plannér work

nice tips

Great story, good luck!

Excellent video.Thanks

10 years but not too late, thanks....

awsome stuff ty for that video

Love this "hack"!

Does the thickness of the tape need to be factored into the measurement or does the amount of compression in the paper and tape together roughly equal the thickness of the non compressed paper alone?

@olliecrow3547

3 жыл бұрын

I wondered this as well. I think maybe this is why when he shimmed it, it was slightly loose to compensate the tape.

Love the video. Why it is advisable to push the board down on the jointer bed? Will this not take the crown out of board the same as the rollers on the thickness planer?

very good video

Great video thank you! I tried this method out and had some decent results but the tape/shim kept getting yanked off and wound up in my planer! Any suggestions?

When measuring the thickness of the board after the shims are added, are you including the thickness of the shim as well ? Or just the board itself ? Thanks.

Good tip

Wow, who needs a jointer, lol. Here I was, thinking I needed to pluck down serious $$$ to get a decent parallelogram jointer that would do the job with no fuss. I’ll try this on my ridgid planer. Edit: I just tried this on a glued board of hard maple that developed a cup after drying. Wow, my jointer flattened my board perfectly!

Good machine s. May I know the cost of a thicknesser which can a maximum width of 24"

So to ask a really dumb question, if working with say 2x6 boards with cupping, would the planer or the jointer be more useful if I can only choose one?

Shim idea was cool. TFS, G :)

I think you mean "always use push blocks during JOINTING" not joining :) great advice ! I have been telling people for 30 years just a planer is seldom enough , put fat potato chip in get thiner potato chip out.

That is looks like some nice equipment. Who makes the planer and joiner?

@stifflers69mom1

5 жыл бұрын

Lance Goodthrust it’s on the front of the planner in big letters

Great video. May I ask a question which I cannot find a video on? My boards don't come out with a really smooth surfaces. The wood seems to be lifted or torn a bit. I had the blades sharpened and they are installed correctly. Could it be that the blades really just need resharpening or is there some way I can sort this out? Thanks in advance. I have a Dewalt DW733.

@elleg3606

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not an expert but are you experiencing grain tear up? You could check this by running the board the opposite way and check if you're getting that same result. I learned that from having that same problem. I hope this helps!

Wouldn't a bench jointer do this?

Excellent video but what happens if you have need of more than one board like the long one and each one has been planed as you showed. You could have three boards that are three different thicknesses. So, do you just plain them all down to the same thickness and hope they are still thick enough to use?

@1Howdy1

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, plane all flat and then match to the thickness of your thinnest board.

@leroygarner4289

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Stanley cm

@bighands69

6 жыл бұрын

You need to know exactly what thickness you need the boards to start with.

@wuddude1599

6 жыл бұрын

A good thing to remember is always do your thickness planing in batches. Hell, to be more efficient most things you do should be done in batches. Same same, equal equal.

Simple, but what about longer boards?

How to buy this machine/order... I wanna order this machine for boards smooth and flat

GR8 tips - now if I can just remember all the GR8 tips I’ve learned, I’ll be in GR8 shape. I’m guessing I’ll have to screw up and then say, wait... I saw a tip on how to fix that. Voila!

i want to buy thikness but here in phillipines it much epensive to buy it it cosh 120thousands pesos

What about 10 or 12 foot boards

how mulch is dis

Sonder nonchalance key

Hi just starting out as a woodworker. Live in the uk and wondering if the blue tape you use is a plastic type of electrical tape. Many thanks

@icook74

7 жыл бұрын

No mate, that's what they call "Blue Painters Tape" in North America. You can get the one inch wide stuff here from Toolstation (order number 30227). A word to the wise though, I haven't used the tape so not sure how strong the adhesive is on the back. Good luck anyways.

@stevenwenglorz7733

7 жыл бұрын

Many thanks

@icook74

7 жыл бұрын

You are more than welcome.

@WoodworkersJournal

7 жыл бұрын

Ian's right, Sandor's using painter's tape here. As with many things, your mileage may vary as far as adhesion goes. I've found it very useful and versatile with many projects and then failing to stick when I really need it for a paint job. For the most part, though, it does the job.

@wuddude1599

6 жыл бұрын

For this job any good white masking tape should work as well. The basic white(ish) tape is cheaper too.

How do you get multiple boards the same exact thickness?

@wuddude1599

6 жыл бұрын

If you have a stack of boards, set up the planer to take just a little off the thickest board then run all boards through the planer. Then lower the cutter head and run all the boards through. Then again until all are flat. Turn your boards over and repeat. Regardless of how many boards you have for your project you need to run them through the thickness planer together, one immediately after the other, as a single batch. If you have a bunch of boards with twists, cups etc you can probably flatten one board at a time. Then after all have one side flat, flip them over and begin to thickness plane the entire batch together.

What a real american accent from a magyar :)

Hello I am a maker of musical instruments such as I want to buy this machine Huosin sabsaby Thanks

@Ibaneddie76

8 жыл бұрын

+Huosain Sabsaby hey buddy, you can purchase a thickness planer from all sorts of places, wood craft, rockler, grizzly, for the large planers or if you are on a tight budget home depot or lows sell DeWalt lunch box planers that work great. I am an instrument builder myself and use the DeWalt 13" planer and it does everything I need.

@wuddude1599

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, I also have a Dewalt lunch box planer and it performs very well, almost zero snipe.

Rushia best girl

Yeet

Flattening boards with the planer alone (and without use of the jointer) begins at the 3:10 mark. This is what the video should have started with, instead of use of the jointer. The video title is otherwise misleading in itself. Please change it so people don't come here expecting to be shown the planer only method at the start.

@williambranham6249

5 жыл бұрын

Relax. Most people can spare 3 minutes.A compliment for the other good tips would be nice.

@TheDamonRa

5 жыл бұрын

Honesty would be nice too. As would not wasting someone's time. WTF Will?

@MrSteamDragon

Жыл бұрын

@@williambranham6249indeed, there is simply no pleasing some people.

too complicated impractical and disappointing.. wasting time..

Video title starts with "How to use a Planer" and then the first thing he does is whip out a jointer. If I had a jointer, I wouldn't be looking this up. Smh.

why not just take 5min and knock the wind out of the board with a hand plane? Much simpler and takes a fraction of the time.

or... just don't do woodworking that needs this level of accuracy.

I see JET and Black and Decker tools. Definitely not taking this guy's advice

@williambranham6249

5 жыл бұрын

What????? The quality of his advice has nothing to do with the brand of machine. You can use the same technique on the cheapest or the most expensive machinery.