Hello everyone, I'm building a dining table that's about 4.5 ft long lengthwise. I don't own a jointer so I'm trying to find what the best method for face jointing the boards.
My thought was to buy a sheet of 3/4" melamine and use that as a flat reference surface and shim the boards and run them through my thickness planer.
My concern is since the melamine will be almost 5 feet it might be hard to keep it balanced as it goes in and out of the planer. Does anyone have experience face jointing long boards, would be happy to get any advice I can.
My thought was to buy a sheet of 3/4" melamine and use that as a flat reference surface and shim the boards and run them through my thickness planer.
My concern is since the melamine will be almost 5 feet it might be hard to keep it balanced as it goes in and out of the planer. Does anyone have experience face jointing long boards, would be happy to get any advice I can.