Looking to build a Roubo, if you could only have one of these power tools (besides a table saw)
what would it be, a jointer or Planer?
Looking to build a Roubo, if you could only have one of these power tools (besides a table saw)
what would it be, a jointer or Planer?
Planer for sure. I built mine with a 6”jointer and lunchbox planer. The jointer was handy but the planer was indispensable.
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
--Yogi Berra
Hands down the planer.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon
Planer because you need a planer if you add a jointer. The latter only flattens and straightens. It does not thickness.
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The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...
Planer. Jointing the edges of 2x4 stock isn't so bad with a Bailey number 4, a breeze with a number 6 and an opportunity for joy with a #8.
I think you have your answer, just incase you don't like the sound of that...
A good bandsaw if you don't have an extractor for the thickness planer, as the Roubo is a hand planers bench.
That's what I would want anyways
Good luck with the bench build
Tom
Depending on the boards, you might be able to get away with simple skip planing.
If not, a planer sled will definitely get you there.
Planer all day
In my opinion, there is no option of only one. If you intend to be a serious woodworker, you need both for real truing of stock. But, I was trained old school. You know, before there were people telling me to subscribe so I can see some furniture made of torched 2x4s.