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I went out to the shop last week and took a rough cut piece of cherry with a split and decided to make two boards out of it. I got the No.7 jointer, LA jack, marking gauges, winding sticks and a rip saw out and went to it. I created perfect perfect boards S4S. This caused me to look at the room my Craftsman jointer took up and decided to let it go. Going to see how I can utilize the new found space today. Another step further into the hand tool world.
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Good for you Scott.
It is always nice to have a little space before everything starts to fill the new void.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
I think a jointer is the stationary power tool is most easily replaced with hand tools. With a decent workbench and relatively small number of hand planes you can perform all the same tasks relatively easily . Good for you for making the change!
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Until I converted a #4 into a scrub plane it was difficult to hand plane well. It was transformative and now I never dream of having a jointer.
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I got rid of my joiner and planer a few years ago while we were downsizing. Occasionally I'll think about it and look at the Grizzly website and wonder, but the cost, noise, and dust are too much anymore.
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