Carrier Board

Pretty cool idea. How does it work?

Nice job!

-- K. Stone “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin

Kelster58

Very thin wood is flexible and the planer knives or sanding belt may tear it apart.

Place the wood to be planed or sanded on the carrier board with one end of the wood against the stop strip. The carrier board and the wood are run through the machines just like you would run a piece of wood through. Make sure the stop strip on the carrier board is the last item to be sent into the machine and the wood is securely seated against the stop strip thus preventing kick back.

We can plane or sand to 3/16” thickness but the thin wood is on the 3/4” thick carrier board making the total thickness 15/16”.

At school in a demo the Oliver machinery rep planed wood to 1/16” thick and even thinner on the widebelt sander using a carrier board..

-- Wuddoc

Interesting. I was looking into making some earrings and other jewelry, and was trying to think of a way to safely get thinner surfaced wood. Great idea!

yeah thats a great soloution and easy to make.thanks for sharing this.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Great idea….well executed…easier and more functional than using a jointer! well done!

-- Mike

Nicely done, including the label so everyone remembers what the piece is for.