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; Im pretty slow but I think i can live with it.
Edge jointing would be hand planes an/or tablesaw.
So this isnt a perfect solution, but Im 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!