craymer Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 I acquired almost 400 bf of white/red oak for free and am wanting to rip the carpet off our stairs and put on the oak treads. They are only 9.5" wide so will need to do some jointing to 11", so from what I gather I need to make probably 11.5" boards. The problem I have is that I don't have a jointer and have seen a few videos on jointing with a jig for the tablesaw. How reliable is this? Difficulty level to do this without an actual jointer? As a side question, this wood is 1.5" thick, is that too thick for treads, requiring planing down? Thanks in advance for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 What wood is under the carpet? And yes 1.5 is a lot to thick, If you put the new treads on top of what already exists, you'll have a problem at the top of the stairs. Unless you remove the wood presently holding the carpet in place. Generally 5/8ths to 3/4 is good enough for stair tread. Removing the existing stair tread will tell you how thick your new treads should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craymer Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Richard, Good point, I haven't taken the carpet off yet, but I just know the current treads are construction grade. I do have a nice Dewalt planar with the changeable cutter heads, so planing shouldn't be a problem. It is mainly the jointing I'm not sure about. I would love a jointer, but not sure how much I'd use it after this stair project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDustB Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 You can edge joint with a jig on the table saw. I don't have a jointer either, so I generally do that to remove the bulk and then clean up the edge with a hand plane. This won't deal with jointing the face of the board. For that, I flatten one side enough with a hand plane so it won't rock then put it through the planer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris208 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 The table saw jig would work fine for this. A problem you might have is with bowed, cupped, twisted boards. The planer wont fix that without a jig (planer sled). This will help you get one flat face to reference from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 I recommend using a planar sled - not hard to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin-IT Posted November 4, 2018 Report Share Posted November 4, 2018 I have a jointer, that I never used to join board, only to flatten them on one side, before using the planer. I bought a 8' long aluminium in a H shape, that I clamp on table saw fence. I had very good result by: -making full kerf cut to almost the width at want -then, taking a cut, which is light enough to engage only 1/2 of the saw teeth. I use a good sharp saw blade on the table saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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