If you want to laminate boards to make a tabletop, you'll need a wood jointer. It's also handy for flattening warped, rough-sawn or reclaimed lumber.

Woodworking jointers make sure that wood is as flat and straight as possible. This makes them especially handy when it comes to fixing warped or bowed wood before you craft something with it.

How to Use Your Planer as Jointer for Milling Large Pieces of Wood A planer can be used as a jointer by following a few woodworking tricks. By Timothy Dahl Published: Apr 13, 2016 9:36 AM EDT ...

If you don’t have the time to make a jointer sled, you can achieve the same result with nothing more than a 2- to 4-foot level. If you haven’t worked with properly jointed wood before, it will ...