I was reading Dave Richards' thread about a new jointer
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=44131
and the topic came up about the importance of jointer bed length.

And I suddenly had this thought... I've seen plenty of people make their own infeed/outfeed tables to extend the bed length of their planers. I've seen countless people do the same for their table saw. How come I've never seen anyone try to custom make a bed extension for their jointer? What am I missing?

People always chatter about how the longer the bed, the longer the board that you can edgejoint well. So it would seem pretty obvious to try and extend the bed.

Hmmmm

...art