NPR- Abrasive Surfacer, (Planer)

[Ron Lindquist]

At 05:44 PM 12/3/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Ron,
>
>I have an abraive planer but I wouldn't use it for removing ivory or plastic
>from keys. I use a table saw with a 10" carbide blade. I've made a carage that
>stradles the rip fence to safely hold the keys. I can adjust the setup to cut
>the ivory off and leave the glue. Every key will be the same thickness and the
>tops will be paralell with the bottoms. You can cut the keys a little deeper
>to recieve plastic so the finished serface is the same as the oriiginal
>ivories. You will need a quality table saw with minimal run out to get good
>results. Adrasive planer are great tools but they would be to slow and mesy
>for this job.
>
>To end the cut so there is no scarring behind the key tops. I have a jig that
>runs the key over a dado blade. The new key tops are nicely inserted in the
>keys with no tool marks visible. I use an 8" carbide dado blade so the back
>checks clear the saw table.
>
>John Hartman
>
>Ron Lindquist wrote:
>
> > List ees,   Does anyone have a abrasive planer ?Thinking about getting one
> > so I can get key tops the thickness I want.
> >
> > Would appreciate talking to someone who had one. Also interested to learn
> > if you can get the abrasive belts in different materials for ivory and
> > plastic removal.
> > TKS,

John,    I planed on using the surfacer to resize the key tops before I put 
them on   Then I would not have to remove wood from keys.  What do you think?

Thanks,
.