A jointer is a woodworking machine that smooths and flattens the faces and edges of stock lumber to make them perfectly square. These tools have a long, flat surface bisected by a cutting head with a ...

When Judy Cassara took a Duxbury Senior Center workshop at Duxbury High School, she learned how to use a power jointer to make a picture frame.

A jointer and planer are mechanically similar; a set of knives powered by a motor and removing stock from the board’s surface. There is often a bit of confusion between the functions of the two ...