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"Toller"

02/03/2004 9:54 PM

Can sanding substitute for planing?

I have 2 30"x24" panels (made of three pieces each) that I need to surface.
They are 13/16" and will probably end up a bit under 3/4"

The lumber yard will do it for $20, but they want to sand rather than plane.
They claim on small reductions that sanding works out better than planing.

Does this make any sense?


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BR

"Bernard Randall"

in reply to "Toller" on 02/03/2004 9:54 PM

02/03/2004 8:33 PM


"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have 2 30"x24" panels (made of three pieces each) that I need to
surface.
> They are 13/16" and will probably end up a bit under 3/4"
>
> The lumber yard will do it for $20, but they want to sand rather than
plane.
> They claim on small reductions that sanding works out better than planing.
>
> Does this make any sense?
>
>
It would be very unusual to plane anything that wide, it would go through a
thicknesser and guaranteing zero snipe on a finished board through that
would be verrrry difficult.

When I was making cabinet doors, not radically different dimensions, I used
my Stanley 80 scraper for most of the surfacing.

Bernard R

jJ

[email protected] (JMartin957)

in reply to "Toller" on 02/03/2004 9:54 PM

03/03/2004 1:47 PM

>
>I have 2 30"x24" panels (made of three pieces each) that I need to surface.
>They are 13/16" and will probably end up a bit under 3/4"
>
>The lumber yard will do it for $20, but they want to sand rather than plane.
>They claim on small reductions that sanding works out better than planing.
>
>Does this make any sense?
>

With a heavy machine, a light cut may not remove enough wood to eliminate the
marking from the infeed roll.

John Martin

BA

Bay Area Dave

in reply to "Toller" on 02/03/2004 9:54 PM

02/03/2004 10:02 PM

since if you were doing it in your home shop, standard procedure is to
run it through a planer, THEN sand it, so the net result is the same.
Let them do it as they suggested.

dave

Toller wrote:

> I have 2 30"x24" panels (made of three pieces each) that I need to surface.
> They are 13/16" and will probably end up a bit under 3/4"
>
> The lumber yard will do it for $20, but they want to sand rather than plane.
> They claim on small reductions that sanding works out better than planing.
>
> Does this make any sense?
>
>

AB

Alan Bierbaum

in reply to "Toller" on 02/03/2004 9:54 PM

02/03/2004 3:15 PM

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:54:45 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have 2 30"x24" panels (made of three pieces each) that I need to surface.
>They are 13/16" and will probably end up a bit under 3/4"
>
>The lumber yard will do it for $20, but they want to sand rather than plane.
>They claim on small reductions that sanding works out better than planing.
>
>Does this make any sense?
>


Yes

Alan Bierbaum

web site: http://www.calanb.com

BS

"Bob S."

in reply to "Toller" on 02/03/2004 9:54 PM

02/03/2004 10:55 PM

Yes... Depending on the grain of the wood, thickness sanding will prevent
tearout .

Bob S.


"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have 2 30"x24" panels (made of three pieces each) that I need to
surface.
> They are 13/16" and will probably end up a bit under 3/4"
>
> The lumber yard will do it for $20, but they want to sand rather than
plane.
> They claim on small reductions that sanding works out better than planing.
>
> Does this make any sense?
>
>


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