Woodstock Shop Fox W1679 Instruction Manual - Edge Jointing

OPERATIONS

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Edge Jointing

Edge jointing is passing the workpiece over the

jointer on its edge as shown in Figure 37. This

process makes the edges of a workpiece per-

fectly flat. 

Stock must be edge jointed on the concave side.

The convex side should then be cut straight with

a table saw. This process is commonly used to

prepare the workpiece to be glued-up as part of

a larger assembly or to simply salvage warped

stock. 

Figure 38 shows an example of an operator edge

jointing. Notice that the operator’s body is not

directly in line with the stock and that he main-

tains a stable hand position while keeping the

board firmly on the table and against the fence.

To perform an edge jointing operation:

1.

Follow Section 1: Safety and the “Operation

Musts” in this section.

2.

Place the workpiece so the concave edge is

down on the infeed table and press the

workpiece firmly against the fence.

3.

Start the jointer.

4.

Using a tight grip with your hands in a sta-

ble position and keeping the workpiece

firmly against the table and fence, feed the

workpiece into the cutterhead.

5.

If your leading hand gets within 4" of the

cutterhead, lift it up and over the cutter-

head and place it on the workpiece as it

passes over the outfeed table. Do the same

thing when your trailing hand nears the cut-

terhead and try to maintain pressure on the

outfeed table. Never let your hands get

closer than 4" from the cutterhead!

6.

Repeat steps 4-5 until the surface is flat.

Figure 37. Edge jointing produces one flat edge.

Portion

Removed With

Jointer

Always wear safety

glasses to prevent seri-

ous personal injury!

Figure 38. This is an example of an edge 

jointing operation.