Tony Wilkins
05-13-2014, 9:13 PM
I'm trying to flatten 3 boards (about 6" x 18") to make up a table top for a small Shaker table. There was a degree of cup or bow in all the boards. I did just fine working across the grain with both the jack (LV 5 1/4) and the jointer (LV BU). I got some deep tear out when I started to try to go diagonal with jointer. Not what I wanted but at least I knew that I had to be careful in that direction.
My real trouble is getting the jointer going with the grain. On the board with the bow, I got what I expected with shavings at the beginning and end of the board. On all the boards, however, when I took the jointer along the grain I either got nothing or gouges. I just couldn't get it narrowed in to where I could get something in between. Thinking I might have misread the grain direction I tried to other way - big mistake - got the dig in and lift up showing I had got it right in the first place.
Any suggestions?
My real trouble is getting the jointer going with the grain. On the board with the bow, I got what I expected with shavings at the beginning and end of the board. On all the boards, however, when I took the jointer along the grain I either got nothing or gouges. I just couldn't get it narrowed in to where I could get something in between. Thinking I might have misread the grain direction I tried to other way - big mistake - got the dig in and lift up showing I had got it right in the first place.
Any suggestions?