Thickness Planer

[Ron Nossaman]

>Ron Nossaman stated that he thickness planes hard maple to 1.5 to 2 mm 
>thick laminations. I have a 12-1/2 inch DeWald thickness planer, but it 
>seems the thinnest it will plane down to is about 1/8 inch, or about 3 mm. 
>What planer goes down to 1.5 mm. Or are modifications possible to 
>accomplish this?
>
>Terry Farrell

Mine is an old 12" Parks. The only specific setup concessions I've made for 
planing thin maple is keeping the bed rollers as low as possible, and back 
beveling the (3) blades to minimize chipping.

Ron N