Newbie here...
I have a friend that sells planed lumber to folks all the time, that they then use for projects. Most of these folks don't own a planer, thus they have my friend get the two faces ready for them.
Thing is, my friend only has a 6" jointer, and therefore doesn't face joint before planing. My friend simply runs the rough boards thru the planer until both faces are clean. If the customer needs clean edges, the edges are either cleaned up using a Festool circular saw on a track, or the edges are straight lined on a table saw that has a very high quality blade, or short boards have their edges run over the jointer.
I think I've always read it's important to face joint first, before planing....but I gotta say, my friend has never had a single complaint....and that's afer years of selling.
So...is it that important to face joint first? And if your answer is yes....are these customers simply unhappy with the results and not saying anything?