Thickness Planer

[Farrell]

"Will we get a report?"

You bet!

"The newer lighter weight planers often have formed sheet steel beds. Any flex and bounce in the steel bed would (seems to me) adversely affect the results."

Could be. Let's see if we can bypass the planer all together with some fine band sawing. I'll let you know for sure.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: Thickness Planer


> 
> >Exactly. That is where I am going to start. Hopefull I can get a blade 
> >that will slice cleanly enough for me that my laminations can go from the 
> >bandsaw directly to glueup. I found 
> >this:  http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/product.asp?0=294&1=295&3=1294 
> >  It is from Highland Hardware and is called their Wood Slicer bandsaw 
> >blade. It is a Super Sharp Thin-Kerf Precision Resawing Blade. It is 
> >specifically made for cutting veneers (not that I haven't heard that 
> >before!). I would like to turn 12 mm of nice maple into a 6 mm thick cap 
> >of 1 mm laminations. We shall see.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> 
> 
> Sounds impressive. Will we get a report?
> 
> Something else occurs to me about planing thin stock. My old Parks is cast 
> iron, with a pretty solid bed. The newer lighter weight planers often have 
> formed sheet steel beds. Any flex and bounce in the steel bed would (seems 
> to me) adversely affect the results. I don't know construction details for 
> your planer, but I thought it might be pertinent.
> 
> Ron N
> 
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