fitzhugh wrote:. So - what to do when it is wider than 8"? (Not a snarky question - same thing would come up with any jointer width at some point).
I not sure that I would try too much wider. The width of the planer infeed side (widest) would have to be tested for the board falling off the side of the jointer. if it is 'sideways stable' I assume that if you made a jack plane cut down the middle ridge between passes it should work. I do, however, have another setup that uses my handheld router for wider boards.
[quote = "BuckyeyeDennis"]. WIdth aside, that's a pretty long/heavy board for a 28" jointer. How did you deal with that? I do see a roller stand on the outfeed side.[/quote]
Yes, both the infeed and outfeed had heavy duty roller stands carefully adjusted to the height of the tables. I haven't weighed the 8" board, but I have no problem lifting and turning it so it can't be more than 40 or 50 pounds.
Unfortunately, I am going to have to trim that beautiful 8" board to 5 ¾" so it will fit my bandsaw for re-sawing. I may look up Nick's way to slightly raise that height.
Forrest
edit: JPG is correct about using a plane, but I am too old and weak to do that again. That's the way I flattened boards for my workbench, but that was 40 years ago. So I know the effort required!
editPS: Actually, the throat raising of the bandsaw was Drew, not Nick, although I am sure that Nick was involved. [
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2muM2mgnSZM] I looked at where he recommended cutting and am mid-way through the process. I think that I am going to 'push the envelope' (at the risk of having to buy spare parts) and cut a bit more off. I believe that SS was being conservative from a liability standpoint. I will try to post pictures and results.
