Woodstock Shop Fox W1679 Instruction Manual - Surface Planing

OPERATIONS

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Surface Planing

One of the most common operations on the join-

ter is surface planing. Surface planing produces

one flat surface on a piece of stock as shown in

Figure 35. 

After being surface planed, the stock is usually

run through a thickness planer so the board

thickness is consistent from one end to the

other.

Figure 36 shows an example of an operator

using the jointer to surface plane a piece of

wood stock. Notice that the operator’s body is

not directly behind the stock and that the oper-

ator is using push blocks to feed the board. 

To perform a surface planing operation:

1.

Make sure you have read and are familiar

with  Section 1: Safety and the “Operation

Musts” in this section.

2.

Place the workpiece so the concave side is

down on the infeed table and press the

workpiece firmly against the fence.

3.

Start the jointer.

4.

Using push blocks with both hands and keep-

ing firm (not hard) pressure on the fence

and table, feed the workpiece into the cut-

terhead. 

5.

As your leading hand gets within 4" of the

cutterhead, lift the push block up and over

the cutterhead and place it on the work-

piece as it passes over the outfeed table. Do

the same thing when your trailing hand

nears the cutterhead and try to maintain

pressure on the outfeed table. Never let

your hands get closer than 4" from the cut-

terhead!

6.

Repeat steps 4-5 until the surface is flat.

Figure 35. Surface planing produces a flat sur-

face from concave stock.

Portion

Removed With

Jointer

Always wear safety

glasses to prevent seri-

ous personal injury!

Figure 36. This is an example of a surface 

planing operation.