Can I plane this?

I am no expert, but I think you will be fine with adhesives and finishes as long as they are well cured.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

I would not use my planer or jointer to try an remove hardened wood glue. Hardened wood glue will chip your knives if you try it. As for removing finishes it can be done but you are risking building a gummy residue on your blades. I have done it on occasion but I generally just get out my belt sander and use it to remove finishes. Sanding belts are much easier and cheaper to replace.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

SST – I’m by no means an expert,,,, but I once used my new planer to remove the finish from several boards that I wanted to redo into shelving. Ruined my knives – did teach me how to change knives though.

Now I think I’d rather use a hand plane that can be resharpened a lot easier——less dust as well. Hand plane to remove the worst of it, then run it through your planer to even up if you need to. (In theory, the hand plane should do the trick without the need to run through the lunch box—- but I’m not good enough to hand plane flat yet.)

-- "Our past judges our present." JFK - 1962; American Heritage Magazine

NEVER use your planer to remove finish, glue or any other kind of spooge. Your planer is a dimensioning tool and not a stripping machine. That said, I know a guy who won’t hesitate to swap his blades to do just what you’re asking about. Personally, I’m not that fond of changing the blades on my 15”er. Another friend of mine brought some old lumber over and half of it was coated in some sort of outdoor paint and I told him he was welcome to use the planer to clean his boards if he would have the blades sharpened the day after. Or he could wait for the blades to dull from normal use THEN I’d let him beat the paint off of them BEFORE he took the blades to be sharpened. His wood is still on my stack… waiting.

always,
J.C.

-- When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. -- John Muir

I wouldn’t advise it either.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Man. I’m glad I read this. I have a bazillion bdft of cherry I was going to run through to take off the stain.

I guess I’m off to HD for some belts.

-- Made lots of sawdust and pounded some nails. Haven't finished anything, though.

Like I said, I’m no expert…

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

I use an old cabinet scraper to remove glue squeeze out before running the wood through my planer.

-- Larry "Work like a Captain but Play like a Pirate!"

Thanks to all for the input. That’s what I love about this site. You put up with my stories, and still help me. -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you