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1. 
   Marcello | Nov 24, 2002 09:09pm | #1

   Bob, I can't speak for the Yorkcraft, but take a look at the "Sunhill jointer ??" thread started by Sarge.  It may shed some light on to more jointer options.

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   RANGERP75R | Nov 24, 2002 09:17pm | #2

   Bob

      Ditto Marcello's post. If you will go back to the recent post Sunhill?? that will explain why the Sunhill, Bridgewood and Yorkcraft don't get the respect they deserve.

      The Yorkcraft has the rack and pinion fence. Nice. I choose Sunhill at $325 plus shipping for $408. The Sunhill has 3" extentions giving the bed a total of 52". That is only outdone by the General ( great but a little pricier ) at 55" on a 6" jointer. If you got the room and money, a 8" can be had by these same manufactures at not much more than the 6" in the name brands..

   Good Luck..

   sarge..jt 

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   BenM | Nov 26, 2002 01:27am | #3

   I don't have any experience at all with power jointers, but I can tell you that edge jointing with a jack plane (probably about 14 inches long?) is not easy if your boards are longer than about 18 inches.  You would have more success with a #7 plane (about 22 inches long).  That will let you easily joint 4 foot long boards and with practice you could go up to 6-7 feet.

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   ScottInMadtown | Dec 12, 2002 01:56am | #4

   Bob,

   If you already have a router you can make a table and use your router to joint the edges of your boards.  If you do an advanced search I'm sure there is a ton of info on doing it this way on this message board.

   Scott

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   johnhardy | Dec 12, 2002 02:53am | #5

   If you're thinking of getting the jointer to edge joint board for glue-up, there are two alternatives which are cheaper. I use the first and am extremely satisfied. I can edge joint 8 foot board with absolutely no problem.

   1. Build a jig for your table saw so that a long board rides against a longer fence. If you use a good carbide blade (I use a Forrest) you get glue-ready edges. If you're worried about a true 90 degree edge, you can flip the boards so that even if the blade is "off" the error is self-correcting.

   2. Buy a long piece of extremely straight aluminum stock and use your router to rout the edge of the board. This is a cheaper solution to the tool sold by Jointability (http://www.jointability.com). Go to their website and read about using a router to joint boards.

   John