In this video i attach the planer to a plywood board to use it as a jointer if you are looking for how to make a homemade jointer this is an easy way to do. Yes one can also make a cheap thickness planer with this do it yourself jointer we need to make a hole in the board so that the blades and the metallic surface touch the plywood board with a wooden block we must adjust the metallic base so that it is at a 90 degrees angle with the board. The idea is basically to flip the planer 180 degrees and use it as a jointer by adding a fence to it for safety purposes a cover should be added over the blades i never got to that stage with my build because the machine died during the build its also nice to have an adjustable fence and other finetuning options for accurate cuts. Apr 3 2018 how to make a homemade jointer from a hand held electric planer this do it yourself jointer is easier to use to joint boards than the hand held planer