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Originally Posted by Zeke

The table saw will leave marks that will have to be sanded out whereas the jointer should leave you a nice finish with little sanding. Beware of cheap planers, they leave chatter marks and are difficult to adjust to make a straight edge from a banana.

Use what you have at your disposal. For instance, I would readily invest in a top quality saw blade for a decent table saw before I would buy a cheap planer.

Thanks Zeke/Milt. I've got a very inexpensive contractor's table saw with a very moderate fence. I don't think I could do a good job due to my lack of skill and the tool's lack of precision. I do have decent blades for it, I have learned that much from you guys here over the years. Any time I buy a cutting tool, I always buy better quality blades to go with it.