I love how you jump straight into the content, instead of spending minutes talking about sponsors, smashing the subscribe button, Patreon, or whatever's been going on in your life since your last video. It's so refreshing that I subscribed even though I'm not really planning on doing any woodworking any time soon.

The first 2 minutes of this video perfectly describes my experience woodworking so far

Am I the only one who appreciates hand planing and natural imperfections of wood?

You just perfectly describe the last 2 years of my life. Nice job.

THE LOOSE SHIRT CONTROVERSY: There's a clip in this video where the jointer is being operated with a loose shirt tail. This is dangerous. The shop assistant was reprimanded for it and the footage was re-shot because safety is a top priority in my shop and on this channel. Somehow that one clip slipped past editing. It is not a practice I condone. But everyone makes mistakes. So please cut the kid a break.

Thanks for making this video. I started out in woodworking just a couple of years ago, and this video would have saved me lots of worries back then. Luckily, I found a wonderful deal from a local fellow woodworker who had just upgraded his own planer and jointer and was selling the ones he had been using for about $400 together. I locked up my shop and jumped in the truck. When I got there we talked about the projects we were working on, some of the projects we were proud of and exchanged some compliments on pictures of our builds. I told him I was still working primarily with pine and was venturing into harder woods by cleaning up pallet boards. He asked me, "what could you have learned from working in pine?" My reply was simply, "The importance of a very sharp chisel and how to sharpen it." We laughed and he asked if I had my chisels with me and I did. He said that if my chisels were sharper than his, he'd give me a hundred dollars off the sale price. His chisels were not dull, but mine cut through the end grain of a pine board without crushing fibers and left a near glass clear surface. Anyway, I made a new friend and got a $300 jointer/planer combo that has helped me advance my ability to make projects faster. I am reminded of that story every time I use them to mill boards for a project.

I think you should be Dr. Stumpy Nubs - A Master Woodworking Professor. Please, keep up the inspiring work!!!!

I finally got my first planer after 2 years of garage sale hunting. Hoping to get a jointer this weekend

WOW...Thank You! I'm a union carpenter in the film industry. Most of my 30 years in construction were spent doing home improvements, framing, and finish carpentery. Hardwood shop work is still new to me. I REALLY thank you for this video. There's Always more to learn.

This guy deserves more than a like and a cold one, he realy take time and effort to go into true details so everyone could understand it clear as water. He is one of my favorites woodworking channels👍

So quick and direct. I definitely wasn't using my tools together right thanks.

Wow. I never understood the difference in these machines. I'm 5 minutes you educated me. Thanks!

This is an 8 minute conversation someone should have had with me when I was 12. This is why so many entry level machines bounce around the used market all the time. Awesome idea for a video, and it was well explained. Thank you!

I got super lucky buying my jointer. The store had it on sale 50% off and it happened to be during a week when the in store sale on all items was a % off depending on the price at checkout. So I was able to get another 10% off that price. Picked up a 6" jointer for $225.

another great video. took a class at wood craft where I had the privilege of using, jointer, planer and drum sander to process rough sawn lumber from the lumber yard . we brought it from 1" to 3/4 to make a cabinet. thanks to my instructor who introduced us to lumber yards in Houston I no longer by sanded plywood at $84 a sheet but $34 each . i also get s4s wood from them while I am there which makes the process in the garage on a weekend even easier .I can measure, cut and assemble. I agree though a planer is a good start , I am Looking in to getting one.

Such a clear explanation. Not a wasted word, yet you got everything that was needed in. Brilliant.

you have a great talent for explaining things succinctly without any fluff. thank you for the great content, Stumpy

a Jointer, Planer and Tablesaw walk into a bar... a great video!

Every time your videos are excellent and very real and straight to the point, and now I am in the process to see all your videos to get the whole benefit. Thanks a lot, and keep it up for your audience 👏👏👏

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

You're the man! NO ONE explains it all better than you! Thank you for every video! 🙏🏼😎🛠

Really like this video. Plane and simple, nothing disjointed. Hope this video drums up many views for you!

My co-workers don't realize how absolutely immensely lucky we are to have a pair of 52" wide-belts, one set up with a single drum and 150hp for abrasive planing, it can sand off a quarter in per pass; And then a newer triple head machine dialed in just right to take 40 grit finished surfaces to 150 grit in one pass. We mill and dry our own hardwood slabs which we then sell and also make custom furniture and commercial fixtures with, and my boss loves him some industrial auctions, which is the only way a smaller operation like ours can have 2 wide-belts hahaha. Your video just helped drive home once again how lucky I am to have access to it and that my boss is fine with me using it for personal projects whenever I'd like!

I've just started shopping around for these tools, so it is great to get a breakdown of how and when to use them. I have fairly limited room in my shop, so it looks like a benchtop thickness planer and a bit of creativity to get those perfect boards. Thanks for your excellent videos!

Stumpy, you're the best at explaining the reasons for using and purchasing tools and equipment

As a budding luthier, I have been slowly acquiring tools as needed and have come to realize that I do need all three. I started out with a planer and now I’m wishing that I also had a jointer and thickness sander.

Perfect timing for me and, as always, an excellent explanation. Thank you James for your advice on which tool, and in which sequence of purchase. Your views will help me advance beyond the sometime less than satisfactory results i get trying to use a router sled, track saw and a Rotex as a poor man’s planer and jointer. Sincerely, Another Satisfied Subscriber.

I really wish I could give 13 thumbs up, weekend warriors need more videos like this!

Also worth mentioning that board edges can be straightened using a guide board on a table saw. We used to do this in cabinet shops with especially long boards. Run the board next to a straight board of the same length with the concave side towards the guide board and saw fence. The guide board will need a block at the back end to eliminate slippage.

I felt like you were describing my possible future! Haha. Thanks for saving me from confusion and frustration!

I have been looking for patio furniture but have not found anything I like, so I decided to make my own. I just finished purchasing all the tools. You are my go-to guy for tips and advice. Thanks

for weekend warriors, a benchtop jointer is fairly reasonably priced. it won't handle large stock at all, but properly tuned it will handle a lot of the stock a typical hobbyist will be using. I think I got my planer and jointer (both benchtop models) for less than $300.

Knowledgeable and concise, thank you.

Really enjoy how you structure your videos. Its captivating, meticulous, yet brief, and informative!

As a budding machinist that knows nothing about the art of woodworking, metal is all I know. Thanks to your channel, I've learned a whole lot in just a few days. I love your content, man!

Great video! I just getting past the new wood worker phase and I would love to see more tool comparison/recommendation videos like this.

Thank you for the great explanation for someone who is just getting into woodworking. Maybe next tutorial should be about frame nailer guns, 21 vs 30 degrees and breakdown of which states requires the type of nails these guns shoot.

Thanks as a 59yr old new guy this was very informative. I subbed!!

This is a beautifully simple explanation, thank you.

I really enjoy watching your videos. I’m pleased to say that finally after nearly two years as a hobbyist, I actually knew most of this. But I like to watch anyway, in case I missed something. You are one of a very select few KZfaq people I actually respect. Your videos are always concise and no nonsense. Thanks again for helping me get to where I am today.

Great video and tips. Love how you have your workshop clearly laid out as well.

Like and subscribed! this is by FAR the simplest and most comprehensive breakdown of the difference between a jointer and a planer. Keep these coming

I am new to "wood Working" your videos have help me a lot, thank you for your videos.

Sometimes I’m reluctant to sit through the whole video but you have a great but serious sense of humor you make worth my while. Thanks for shedding light on the drum sander I’m getting one.

Your videos are so helpful, thanks very much!

So far, your preparation and clarity are the best I've found online in my new interest in woodworking.

I really appreciate these explanation videos. Thank you for continuing to put out such great content.

I can’t stop being amazed by the quality of your presentations. I wish presidential speeches were at this level.

Great video! As others have said, this is exactly how I feel right now. Extra points for the Red Wings coozie 👍

Your channel is one of the more informative and enjoyable woodworking channels I’ve found on KZfaq. Thanks for the advice! I had been pondering this question for the last month or so, and this video helps out a lot.

Great vid! You can tell you're not pandering but giving simple advice, while others would create a 23 minute video just to talk about how much knowledge they have. You made a simple video, thanks for that!

Thank you for that explanation Stumpy! I am setting up my new woodshop and trying to make this exact decision. Your explanation was very straight forward and helpful!

Finally someone made sense of this! Brilliant video!!

Great discussion James, thanks for sharing it.

I'm commenting because I appreciate both the info and the Wings coozy.

Watching this just made me realize how much I want a jointer...

Exactly the video I needed right now! Thanks so much!

And another excellent video from the great Stubbs!!!!!

I really can't begin to express how much I love your videos!! Everything is so methodically laid out and clearly stated. Thanks to you and the people you work with to make this content! My dad was a general contractor and tho he taught me the basics he didn't get into the details of why things were used. I feel like I'm learning everything all over again and it's fantastic!

Thank you for the quality information. It's great to see good honest knowledge being passed on to the next generation. Some people have so much pride that they won't teach. Keep up the good work! I am thinking of purchasing your book. I am new to this, but I love the work I've done.

Thanks for this video. Easier to understand and knowing the limitations of each piece of equipment.

Being an old fart, my Junior High school had a shop class, where we learned a little about everything, including woodworking. In High School there was an actual woodworking class, where we learned what is being discussed here. This was in a town of only 30K population. I don't believe there are a lot of woodworking shops in High Schools anymore, which is kinda sad. I built a drum sander years ago, and it works fine, but rarely use it. I consider the jointer to be more important to buy first, but it's a matter of opinion. Your videos are very well done, concise, and informative Sir.

Spot on advice! I started with a drum sander, wish I had invested in a thicknesser first.. Now have all three machines and the scope of timbers I can now use has expanded immensly. Some real gems can be found rough sawn for half the price of pre dressed timber.

Just wanted to say thanks for making such quality videos for free. You answer questions I don't think of to ask, and your delivery and editing is so easy to digest. Really appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise to us novices.

Thank you for this wonderful demonstration and explanation of these tools. A lot has been cleared up for me.

Thanks very much for the straight forward advice that just makes perfect sense. Blessed New Year to you all.

Thank you for this video. I am exactly your target audience for this type of material. Please continue to add content on this level to your catalog.

Great presentation and thanks for your time. Although I've got all those tools I usually jump from the jointer to the band saw if the stock isn't over 8" and then the drum sander. But I'm old and never been formally trained in the proper techniques of wood working. I just grew up on a farm where if you needed something you figured out how to make it yourself. The golden rule in my family was "If you didn't make it, you don't really own it". So now I'm a new subscriber. Even at 76 I have a few things to learn to better my work.

I’ve been watching your vids for about a year and missed this one. Good info as usual, thanks! Had to laugh at the insulated coffee cup inside the Redwings koosie!

Wow wow wow.... I just found you! Thank you so much for these foolishly enjoyable, watchable, no-nonsense video's. They way you speak and present the 'information' is so precise, concise, and relatable. It's like sitting in an auditorium of a top-rated university watching a lecture that contains no filler, no wasted time, and ALL the proper information. I will follow you my new Jedi-Master for an eternity..... I hope these video's and practising your precise craft are making you foolishly happy.... and wealthy..... On to the next S.N.'s video now.... :)

Yes a video on how to use the planer to flatten boards would be great! Thank you for another great video.

And ... that's why I subscribe! Great info, thank you ;)

Always great info that's easy to understand and retain. Thanks, James!

Stumpy keeps it real and to the point. Perfect for beginners getting into the hobby/trade.

Happy with my DeWalt planer; I made an easily adjustable sled that does a fair job at jointing. Wish I had a real jointer but I can't quite justify the expense (nor the space) for one, and the combination machines didn't seem all that good, and they are not very portable. Weirdly, the DeWalt 735 planer that everyone on YT seems to have is very hard to find in Europe. They sell the 733 model here (which I have). In the US, the situation seems to be reversed. By the way, the Dutch word for planer is "vandiktebank", which means "thicknessing bench" and it reflects its actual purpose. (oh, the "van" part at the start of the word definitely sounds as odd to Dutch people as it may to English speakers). Often our names for tools are weird, like the word for spoke shave: "spookschaaf". Yes, we just took the English word and wrote it in a Dutch way, the word literally means "ghost shave". This makes it hard to find stuff in stores sometimes, if I only know the English word for a tool and not the Dutch one. Sorry, but I'm rambling...

I've been thinking about an end grain cutting board for my first proper woodworking project and was considering a planar for it. I had no idea that they explode like that. Great video, very informative!

Love your organized back drop!

I've watched a LOT of videos on this subject. This was by far the best.

Thank you for the advice. I have been contemplating purchasing these items but due to limited space I would only be able to get one. You have helped me narrow my choices down.

My Hammer A3 Jointer-planer combination in one machine: best purchase I've made in a long time.

James, great video, and thorough explanation. Thank you for everything you do.

Thank you, very much, for the great information; very clearly explained. It's always helpful to learn from others!

I bought a combination planer/thicknesser machine as my first toe to dip in this water several years ago, and it has been really great but it was a big learning curve to use, and using the planer (jointer for my US friends) is a bit intimidating when you start out, particularly if the machine doesn't have an "auto-return" style blade guard.

interesting thought process. personally i would be lost without my jointer. as once, i have two reference surfaces i can use a table saw or hand plane to finish the job. but in saying that as a retired professional maker i have the full set. i would have found it very hard to make money in hand dimensioning lumber.

Stumpy nubs is a funny name for a woodworking channel

Bravo! Perfect articulation of a real DIY world problem!

Very good video. Unfortunately, whenever you see someone say do I need this tool or that tool, if you are at all serious, you'll find you need both. I might add that if you are doing rough wood and making panels, you really need a bandsaw to resaw into thinner stock that can then be glued to make a wide panel (also good for thinner drawer sides).

Add close captions if you can. That way people can watch your vids with their phone on silent, while their kids are making them watch Paw Patrol

Great video; answered all my questions! Thanks.

Great explanation! I appreciate the simple, straightforward reasoning. Thank you!

Stumpy Nubs giving it to me straight. Now, just convince my wife I need these things.

Ok, what would be a reasonable price for buying a thickness planer and a jointer? I'm a weekend woodworker.

I like the clear and concise, and easy to understand delivery of the information. Thank you

I appreciate your calm, easy-going speech. Some of the wood-working videos out there are hard to listen to because the guy talking is so irritating and sometimes condescending. And some either treat you like a master wood-worker or someone that doesn't know the difference between a hammer and a drill. You have the right balance, at least for my skill-level. Also appreciate that you don't interrupt the video every 5 seconds with a meme or gif for comedy relief. Keep up the good work. I can see that I'll probably be making you my go-to for video tutorials.

You just explained my whole woodwork history to a “T”.

Stumpy Nubs: "if you tried feeding an end grain board through a thickness planer and had it explode on you, you know how sketchy it can be" me: ::laughs in Lie-Nielsen No 7:: On a more serious note - thank you for the advice and the continuous stream of knowledge - I'm learning A LOT from you

This video deserve a ton more views and this channel a ton more subscribers. Thank you for the very well laid out information!!!

Great explanations. Tons of information condensed down without losing any clarity.

In the UK Planer Thicknesser's are very common, for you Americans that's a Planer and Jointer combination machine. It just makes sense

This is EXACTLY what I needed to hear! Straight forward answers to my questions about this! Thank you!