re: Jointer height

My 2 cents and some things to consider: bench tops as outfeed are (really) great….but…a tool like a joiner needs to be at a height that lets you comfortably stand and move wood across the cutter. Too low and your back will hate you, too high and your arms will be unhappy and you may have issue controlling the stock as you feed it. You certainly don’t want to (and shouldn’t be) forcing the stock into the joiner bed with a ton of force, but you need to be able to comfortably apply downward pressure without your arms suffering. One or two passes is no big deal, but doing a bunch of passes, or a bunch of stock, will wear on you and could end up yielding bad results, or worse, it could be dangerous.