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Popular Woodworking 2001-02 № 120, страница 70

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ing edge, you will produce a curved edge instead of a straight one.

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your feet and body as you Note the heel

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did for faceinting. about V from

Again, start with your the sole

body nearer the end of at the back

the board away from the

cutterhead. Place the face-jointed side

of the board against the fence. Support the

back of the board that's off the table with

your right hand and use your left hand to

force the board down on the infeed table

and against the fence. In edge jointing,

more downward pressure is needed than

in face jointing, especially if part of your

board is hanging off the end of the in-

feed table.

Ease the board into the cutterhead. Once it is over the outfeed table, increase the feed rate. You can use a faster feed rate than for face jointing because so little surface is being cut. But don't go so fast as to cause tear out, especially on the final pass. Use a shuffling motion for moving both your hands and feet. Always keep one hand firmly on the board to maintain downward pressure and keep the face flat against the fence.

Some woodworkers keep both hands on the infeed side of the table until the last of the board approaches the cutter-head and then move their left hand to the outfeed side. Others, once the whole board is supported by the jointer tables, immediately place the left hand on the outfeed side and keep the right hand on the infeed side until the pass is over. I've done it both ways and either method gets the job done.

Finally, be aware of the importance of keeping the face-jointed surface flat against the fence. It's easy, especially on larger and heavier boards, to allow the board to simply rest on the edge being jointed. This, of course, will not result in an edge that's perpendicular to the face-jointed edge and will lead to problems later in your project construction. Now it's time to move on to other machining operations, which we'll cover in the next issue. PW

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