Jointer table extensions for long planks

I occasionally need to joint a board that’s 12 ft. or longer in my one-man shop—a difficult if not impossible task on my 8-in. jointer. These two jointer table extensions solve the problem. Make the tops from cabinet-grade birch plywood and glue plastic laminate to the bottom face of each piece. Rabbet one end to attach a clamp block and rout a groove down the center for a plywood strongback.

Then glue them in and add screws through the top, and add plastic laminate to the top. The plywood gussets are glued into a groove in the foot and sandwiched between the two uprights, then glued and screwed in place. Connect the top with a carriage bolt through the uprights and the strongback. Three adjustable feet on each base make it easy to fine-tune the tables’ height and align them with the jointer bed.

Phillip T. Kehoe, Tammany Parish, LA

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