Squaring Stock - Grizzly G0490W Owner's Manual

Squaring Stock

Squaring stock means making it flat and paral-
lel along both length and width, and making the
length and width perpendicular to one another.
The purpose of squaring stock is to prepare it for
accurate cuts and construction later on.
A properly "squared up" workpiece is essential
for tasks such as accurate tablesaw cuts, glue-
ups/laminations, cutting accurate bevels on a
bandsaw, and many other applications where
one surface of a workpiece is used to reference
another.
Tools Needed
Jointer ................................................................ 1
Planer ................................................................ 1
Tablesaw ........................................................... 1
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Squaring stock involves four steps performed
in the order below:
1. Surface Plane on the Jointer—The concave
face of the workpiece is surface planed flat with
the jointer.
2. Surface Plane on a Thickness Planer—The
opposite face of the workpiece is surface planed
flat with a thickness planer.
Qty
Previously Surface
Planed Face
3. Edge Joint on the Jointer—The concave
edge of the workpiece is jointed flat with the
jointer.
4. Rip Cut on a Table Saw—The jointed edge
of the workpiece is placed against a table saw
fence and the opposite edge cut off.
Model G0490W/G0490XW (Mfd. Since 5/16)
Previously
Jointed
Edge