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# Jointer

![Jointer](/files/-Mhnp_97mI709hIHhlJp)

## Safety Level: Red

### Tool Description:

Woodworking jointers are used to make one face/surface of a board and one adjacent edge/surface perfectly flat and square to each other. Jointers are useful for flattening out boards with twists, cups, bows, and uneven surfaces and preparing rough lumber. A jointer are used along with a planer and a table saw when a board is prepared to be 4-square (4s), a board that all four adjacent surfaces are square to each other.

### Tutorials & Training Materials:

[Basic Jointer Safety & Use video (5 min)](https://www.wwgoa.com/video/using-a-jointer-safely-000284/)

### Manual: 

No manual available

### Extra Information:

### Quizzes :

[Basic Jointer Safety & Use Quiz](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sWKxTi4v9hwKbo3YiJWOt6U9Y4lDkpPMdfcWkYIUEj0/edit?usp=sharing)