I've been lusting after a jointer-planer combo machine but that won't happen any time soon.

i could swing a lunchbox planer (DW735).. but without a jointer.

So I would be using hand planes to initially flatten the first face, and the planer to do the rest of the surfacing and thicknessing.

My hand-tool skills are adequate for that; I’m pretty slow but I think i can live with it.

Edge jointing would be hand planes an/or tablesaw.

So this isn’t a perfect solution, but I’m hoping it would be a big improvement as hand planes alone have not been a good solution.

Any comments? Am I missing anything? Anybody out there using this setup?

thanks in advance!