On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:50:31 GMT, "mel"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm fixing to glue up a cutting board for xmas with walnut endgrain up and
>was wondering if I dared sending it through the planer to flatten it.
So long as it's reasonably thick, then you can do this without
disaster. There will be breakout on the trailing edge though, so the
easiest way to deal with that is to make it oversize and saw it down
later. You could try putting a lipping on instead, but that tends to
splinter on the cross-grain edges.
It won't feed through the rollers (at first) because it will be
uneven. Take a thin board a few feet long and use that as a push stick
behind it.
--
Die Gotterspammerung - Junkmail of the Gods
You might also consider a sharp, finely-set low-angle block plane.
If you do go down the planer route, take very light cuts.
Cheers
Frank
"mel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm fixing to glue up a cutting board for xmas with walnut endgrain up and
> was wondering if I dared sending it through the planer to flatten it.
>
>
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:22:53 +0000, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:50:31 GMT, "mel"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I'm fixing to glue up a cutting board for xmas with walnut endgrain up and
>>was wondering if I dared sending it through the planer to flatten it.
>
>So long as it's reasonably thick, then you can do this without
>disaster. There will be breakout on the trailing edge though, so the
>easiest way to deal with that is to make it oversize and saw it down
>later. You could try putting a lipping on instead, but that tends to
>splinter on the cross-grain edges.
>
>It won't feed through the rollers (at first) because it will be
>uneven. Take a thin board a few feet long and use that as a push stick
>behind it.
You can fasten two rails along each side before passing it through the
surface planer. That will prevent snipe too.
That is the one job I would consider blowing the dust off of my belt sander
for. Probably the only one.
--
Mike G.
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"mel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm fixing to glue up a cutting board for xmas with walnut endgrain up and
> was wondering if I dared sending it through the planer to flatten it.
>
>