Try the neighbors or local schools who might still have an IA program for
the proper tools, which would be a planer.
"Larry C in Auburn, WA" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:a4f1c.465436$na.1109023@attbi_s04...
> You could take it to a shop and have them plane it down. You could take
it
> to a shop and have them resaw it on a bandsaw. You could go back where
you
> bought the 1" thick board and buy a 1/2" thick board. You could redesign
> your plan so it needs a 1" thick board.
"Ah10201" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi everyone...
>
> I have a board that is an inch thick and I want to get the board to about
half
> an inch thick. I don't have a planar. Is there a way to fix this problem
> without one? It's not reasonable to plane away half the width of a board
> anyway, right?
>
> thanks
How about using a hand plane? I have a shop full of tools and I still use a
hand plane to thickness some boards.
Bob McBreen
[email protected] (Ah10201) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Hi everyone...
>
> I have a board that is an inch thick and I want to get the board to
> about half an inch thick. I don't have a planar. Is there a way to fix
> this problem without one? It's not reasonable to plane away half the
> width of a board anyway, right?
>
> thanks
>
Yep, that is how it is done. Now if you have a band saw you could cut the
1 inch board down to 3/4. This gives you enough to plane 1/8th off of each
side to get a board that is 1/2. Then you have a piece that is about 3/16
wide to plane down to 1/8 for some veneer.
[email protected] (Ah10201) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Hi everyone...
>
> I have a board that is an inch thick and I want to get the board to
> about half an inch thick. I don't have a planar. Is there a way to fix
> this problem without one? It's not reasonable to plane away half the
> width of a board anyway, right?
>
> thanks
>
Yep, that is how it is done. Now if you have a band saw you could cut the
1 inch board down to 3/4. This gives you enough to plane 1/8th off of each
side to get a board that is 1/2. Then you have a piece that is about 3/16
wide to plane down to 1/8 for some veneer.
"alexy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
...
> Responding only to the subject line:
> The same way you do it with a planer -- you leave the planer turned
> off and rip your stock to width on the table saw. ;-)
But what if the stock is too narrow? Can you squeeze it to make it wider?
How wide and long is the board? If not too wide you could resaw it on your
tablesaw. If you want a workout you could resaw it by hand like they did in
the old days. Or if you want a different workout you could plane it down.
You could take it to a shop and have them plane it down. You could take it
to a shop and have them resaw it on a bandsaw. You could go back where you
bought the 1" thick board and buy a 1/2" thick board. You could redesign
your plan so it needs a 1" thick board.
--
Larry C in Auburn, WA
"Ah10201" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi everyone...
>
> I have a board that is an inch thick and I want to get the board to about
half
> an inch thick. I don't have a planar. Is there a way to fix this problem
> without one? It's not reasonable to plane away half the width of a board
> anyway, right?
>
> thanks
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"alexy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>...
>> Responding only to the subject line:
>> The same way you do it with a planer -- you leave the planer turned
>> off and rip your stock to width on the table saw. ;-)
>
>
>But what if the stock is too narrow? Can you squeeze it to make it wider?
>
No. Then you use the planer to get the appropriate width/thickness,
and build a scale model. <g>
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Alex
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