But flattening wood takes a couple of essential and pricey tools, namely a jointer and a thickness planer. Enter your city, state and rough-sawn lumber into a search engine and you might find a ...

This DIY woodworking video demonstrates how to build a flattening planer sled jig without a jointer. The jig holds the lumber in place while a planer flattens it into smooth boards. Step-by-step ...