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07-02-2015 03:09 PM |
Topic tags/keywords: planer Hi everyone, Thanks! |
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#1 posted 07-02-2015 03:11 PM |
The tip is: Don’t. Find someone with a thickness sander that you can pay to do it for you. Or use a router sled. -- The quality of one's woodworking is directly related to the amount of flannel worn. |
#2 posted 07-02-2015 03:16 PM |
My first choice would be to use a thickness sander too. If you must absolutely do it with a planer, then you will probably only get good results from a planer with a helical head. After paying for that, paying for someone to sand it down with a thickness sander will sound cheap. -- Jim, Georgia, USA |
#3 posted 07-02-2015 03:23 PM |
I’ve tried a variety of techniques in making end-grain cutting board. Here’s my order of preferences:
Nowhere on the list is running a board through a power thickness planer. While you may be able to escape damage and destruction for some passes, the physics of planing wood oriented vertically is very much stacked against you. The only time I would personally allow wood to have some vertical orientation through a power thickness planer is if it’s a live knot in a board that is being fed in the proper way. Even then, I’ve had a few boards shatter in spectacular ways because of a live knot. -- paxorion |
#4 posted 07-02-2015 03:25 PM |
Spiral head at the least for no problems.. round over the edges with a 3/8” router bit to avoid tear out / blow out on the ends. -- There's many a slip betwixt a cup and a lip.--Scott |
#5 posted 07-02-2015 04:39 PM |
Like the others I have never had good luck with a planer. I switched to using a drum sander. When I get my helical head stationary planer I may give it a try. -- "I love it when a plan comes together" John "Hannibal" Smith |
#6 posted 07-03-2015 12:14 AM |
Tip: DON”T ! -- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm |
#7 posted 07-03-2015 12:43 AM |
-- "Man is the only animal which devours his own, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor." ~Thomas Jefferson |
#8 posted 07-03-2015 12:47 AM |
Tip: Video it and post the results here. -- "Lack of effort will result in failure with amazing predictability" - Me |
#9 posted 07-03-2015 12:51 AM |
If you don’t mind risking both the cutting board and the planer. It is a risky proposition, I don’t run my end grain boards through a planer. -- Bondo Gaposis |
#10 posted 07-03-2015 01:13 AM |
It sounds like a resounding vote against. What’s the best way to ensure a nice flat and even end grain board in the absence of a drum sander? Just a lot of sanding with a ROS? |
#11 posted 07-03-2015 02:16 AM |
I’ve done it lots, my advice is make sure you chamfer the back edge to prevent blowout, take very light passes. It is much easier on a larger floor model planer as the lunch box planers are not really heavy duty enough and you risk damaging the thin blades or possibly your cutter head. Biggest bit of advice is don’t stand in front while feeding cause if something goes wrong you’re in the line of fire. -- @craftcollectif , http://www.craftcollective.ca, https://www.etsy.com/shop/craftcollective? |
#12 posted 07-03-2015 02:21 AM |
I’ve seen some people attach sacrificial rails to the front and back of the board, then send it through the planer, but I’m not how sure successful this is. Caution advised. I make a few end grain cutting boards a year, and just suck it up with extra time on the ROS. I put headphones on under my ear protection and use it as time to catch up on podcasts. If I made more than few boards per year I’d strongly consider a drum sander. Sanding …. Is …. Boring. -- Follow me on Instagram @endgrainy |
#13 posted 07-03-2015 02:38 AM |
See my earlier reply. Router flattening sled. -- The quality of one's woodworking is directly related to the amount of flannel worn. |
#14 posted 07-03-2015 03:07 AM |
It sounds like a resounding vote against. What’s the best way to ensure a nice flat and even end grain board in the absence of a drum sander? Just a lot of sanding with a ROS? The key is making accurate cuts and then keeping everything aligned during glue up so that the sanding is minimal. -- Bondo Gaposis |
#15 posted 07-03-2015 06:53 AM |
I’ve done it lots as well on my cutting boards, and I just have the standard DW735 planer (without the helical head upgrade). However, I have the wixey digital depth gauge installed, and I take the lightest pass possible each time (.005 inches, I think). I think it is pretty hard on the knives though as I developed knicks on the blades pretty quickly. I step aside quickly after pushing the board through for a small measure of safety, and I’m always a bit nervous every time I do it. When I eventually get a drum sander, I’ll stop using the power planing method. +1 to dabcan, I find I have to do a pretty heavy chamfer on the back to prevent chipout. |
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