I would consider myself an intermediate wood worker. I can frame a wall and put up trim pretty good but when it comes to doing nice detail work from scratch I am a novice. I plan on taking on some interesting projects over the next year or so. First up will be some panel doors. I'm starting small with a two panel door about 2 feet square that will be for a kind of dumb waiter. I plan on doing some full size doors later.
My shop and my budget are small. I'm going to need a router table, which will be my next big purchase for the shop. I have a TS, router, mortiser, and plainer. The question is, can I get away without having a jointer? I've read a lot on this site about plaining and jointing and how you can do both things with different tools. I'm just not sure how it's done.
I will be starting with full dimensional 2X6 lumber for the rails and stiles. If I use the plainer to get two parallel sides then lets say I reduce it down to 1.75 inches. I now have a 6 inch wide board that is
1.75 inches thick. I now need to get the two sides square to the top and bottom. (Is my thinking right here?) Could I just rip it on the TS, or would I use the router and router table with a straight bit. I would assume that the bit would need to be at least 1.75 inches high. Is any of this right?For this first small door the panels will be some what narrow so I won't need to glue up boards for the panels. There is a chance I will need to glue some 1X stock for panels on the larger doors. Would a non-jointer method be adequate for gluing up panels?
Any insight is appriciated.
Greg