Help. I am currently making an end table. I am working on the top which will (hopefully) be made of the most beautiful maple I have ever seen. The problem is that this is the most figured maple I have ever seen in my life. It is a combination of birdseye and curly maple. I need to edge glue 4 boards to make the table top and am having a heck of a time jointing the boards on my Jet jointer. I even removed the knives, lapped the back and sharpened them on my Makita sharpener. I also took the time to put the knives back in using a dial indicator to get them near perfect. Even with all of this, the boards are coming out of the jointer very unacceptable. Even though I am taking a very light cut, I am getting tearout. Any ideas? I don't own a jointing plane (#7 or #8)...would these do any better?
Bill