Turn Your Hand Planer into a Jointer for Only $10

#jigs #woodworking #DIY
In this video, I make a simple jig that allows me to use my electric hand planer as a jointer. The parts for this jig cost less than ten dollars because most of it is made of scrap wood and metal from previous projects. If you don’t already have some angle iron or aluminum angle, you can usually buy some short ends for a two or three dollars from a metal supply shop. Sometimes you can get scrap angle iron for free from a fabrication shop. This jig should only cost less than $10, assuming you have enough scrap to make most of the parts.

The only thing I had to buy was a cheap power strip / bar for six dollars. The mounting bolts need to be the correct thread count to fit the holes for the guide rail mount. If you do not have screws already, you may have to spend a two or three dollars on metric bolts and a couple of plastic bushings. If you don’t have plastic bushings, you can easily make bushings out of 3/4” wooden dowel. The planer works amazingly well as an edge jointer. I went into building this with reserved expectations but really liked the results.

DISCLAIMER: My videos are for entertainment purposes only. Do not attempt to do anything that is shown in my videos. Woodworking and Metal Working are very dangerous activities and should only be performed by trained professionals.

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[timdyck]

I made this for my planer more than 25 years ago, tried to get a patent and get it marketed, had a company from Sweden or Switzerland want more info through the marketing company that handled it for me but that company never contacted me, it cost me almost $9000 for them to try marketing it and then wanted more money which I didn’t have, so that’s as far as it went, then about 15 yrs ago I seen it advertised in a Canadian Tire flyer a couple times and haven’t seen it since, it was called a Jointer Jig For Hans Held Electric Planers, don’t regret the investment, it just didn’t pay off 😏😏

[nagaberak]

The best of the simplest jointer table so far.

[Dave-dm]

My planer is a 20 years old Bosch. It does not vibrate.
If you spray the planer body with silicone, you can use silicone or acrylic sealer to bed it to your jointer chassis.
Attach the power strip with sponge backed double sided tape or even with Velcro tape. The tool power switch can be held down with zip ties.
A long bed extension on the feed side will help stop the jointer from grabbing. Not so simple to engineer but well worth having.

[regthebackyardjackofalltrades]

@4mins you presented a trick to making templates for power strips. All my life I've been measuring the base and "All I Hadda Do Was" to trace it on a sheet of paper. This is why I like YouTube...when I rearrange my countless different chargers(I wish they were universal like regular batteries) I will start this instead of boring my family with  the necessity of measurements (I'll keep boring them until they get it).  Thanks Reg.

[wolverinebear]

Love it, I watched my uncle turn a circle saw into a table saw, on the job site, much to learn from the experienced, I will be trying this

[rickdowe]

I just bought a Bosch hand planer, front and back are tapped made this build even easier, works great!!!! Thanks for the idea

[JoeGP]

probably one of the best designs because it's so simple

[joemiro]

Built it this morning in about three hours, and I'm a novice. Thank you very much.

[abdallaharous]

It's the simplest and best of all the planers I've seen. Congratulations

[garymenasco]

Saw your idea to turn the electric hand planer into a joiner for under $10....just got a hand planer and found this....made it and it works great....bought one of those things that conforms to the shape you want and used it to make the pattern for the handle braces....came out for the video....subscribed to your channel also

[TheHerbsterooney]

Brilliant tutorial, clear and simple explanation of this video. A little project that does not scare novice to have a go in making it works. Thank you Eric!!

[AmplifyDIY]

I've been looking for jointers, but now I think I'll look for a hand planer and build a similar jig. I love it when I can use a tool for more than one specific purpose. Way to think outside the box!

[AnthonySmith-njos]

Out of all the Diy Builds for this it is by far the simplest one I have seen for use with smaller stuff... I will most likely make one fairly close to this one.

[kujahperc]

It is what i like, transportable and compact awesome working on site Thanks a lot here from New Caledonia

[russelblackwell]

What I love about it is it takes up little room portable your a very clever man going to have a go thank you

[markmclennan]

That is a great idea and build. The instructions and presentation of this was easy to understand and follow. Well done.

[GlobaltechATLAS]

awesome mate! I'm gonna do this... especially since I could never afford a real jointer and I'm just a hobby woodworker who is new. This is genius!

[markforrestsm]

Like many of the other viewers, my hand-planer is gathering dust. This would be a great mechanism to re-purpose it and make use of it... Thanks so much!

[biliatto]

The easiest and simple project I've seen in the YouTube

[TheSkiggly]

You certainly know how to set the "Gold Standard" for simplicity. Your videos are easy to follow with clear instructions.