A stationary power tool featuring an infeed table, an outfeed table, and a rotating cutterhead, used to flatten the face of a board and square its edge. The term also applies to a very long hand plane designed to true up long edges before edge-gluing. The machine relies on the outfeed table being perfectly flush with the top dead center of the cutting knives.
Heard on the job
Run that rough edge over the jointer a few times before you take it to the table saw.
Also heard as
- jointer plane
- surface planer
Do not mix it up with
- Planer: A jointer makes one face flat and one edge square, while a planer makes the opposite face parallel to the flat one.