I'm very new to woodworking. I've been scrolling for a little over a year. I know what a planer does and how to use it, but I've never really known what a "jointer" did. I thought it was something like a biscuit cutter or something. Last nite I was reading a book and the writer was describing that you needed to run your wood through a planer (know what that is) then a jointer to make snug joins. Well, I had an epiphany!! A jointer does the same thing that a planer does, except it does it on the edges rather than the face.
Well, I thought that I could use something like that, cause let's face it, scrolling a long straight line leaves something to be desired. I usually try to straighten out the edges on my belt sander, but that doesn't work too well, especially if the piece is too long to use the disk side.
OK, here's the question, thanks for your patience. If I am scrolling the sides of a box, let's say, and I want to run the finished pieces through a jointer, will I be successful if neither edge is "machined". Geez, I'm not sure I'm making sense. Anyway, I cut out the top and the bottom edge of a box. They both turn out to be sorta wavy, if I put them through a jointer, will that work?
Yeow, anyway, please send me an answer to snipped-for-privacy@iup.edu removing the nospam first.
Any help will be appreciated.
TIA
Blake