What Does a Hand Fed Jointer Do?
A hand-fed jointer is used to plane down the edges of wood to make them straight and even. This facilitates joining two edges of wood together, hence the name. Does this Spark an idea?
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Hand-Fed vs. Wood
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Hand-fed jointers are distinguished from wood jointers. The former has horizontal cutting blades, while the latter's blades are vertical. Although both kinds are ultimately fed by hand, a wood jointer can be steered toward the cutting blades from further away and the blades themselves can be enclosed by a guard, while the hand-fed jointer hands come in much closer proximity to the blades.
Use
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The piece of wood to be jointed is placed on the infeed table. Once the blades are switched on, the edge to be smoothed is passed slowly over them by hand, to the outfeed table. The blades cut into the surface, making it smoother and more manageable.
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Safety
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Extreme caution should be used when operating a hand-fed jointer. The blades must be protected by a guard and safety goggles must be worn at all times. Most importantly, hands and fingers must be kept as far away from the blades as possible--wooden paddles are often used to push the wood along for that reason.
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References
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