"The All Festool Shop"  — Assembling the Planer/Jointer

Sal is very good at puzzles, and the Festool planer stand assembly is a puzzler. The only paper assistance is an exploded parts diagram — but it still causes him some consternation.
	How many combinations of parts can there be? I stayed behind the camera — it was safer there.
The blade guard is spring loaded, so that was easy to assemble, except that it didn't go over the blade. At least, not the way he was reading the diagram.
	Thankfully, most parts could only go on one way. This rod is used to hold one end of the planer.
We can jump ahead 40 minutes or so to see the assembled planer, stand and fence. Sal has just finished setting the fence to perfect 90º.    It is a small bench jointer in this configuration. We only will be using it to take one or two small passes on rail, stile and face frame pieces.
	I don't know if Festool planned this, but it is great to find that the planer's Systainer also holds the assembled jointer without changing it in any way.
Elena practices jointing the edges of the MDF she cut for some sample doors. She set the depth to 1/32" and made two passes. Any swirl marks that were on the edge were quickly removed. When she ran some oak, she finished with pieces that were ready for use.
	The larger hose is meant for dust collection with the planer.  Right now it comes out to a CT 22 in front of the MFT. We will move the dust collector to underneath the MFT and snake the hose up between the two tables. This way, the hose can be shifted to the other MFT where the router is installed.  Maybe a "Y" and a diverter would be nice.

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