On 02/14/2016 10:04 AM, Leon wrote:
On 2/14/2016 9:47 AM, dpb wrote:
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I suppose with the little lunchbox planers, they may not have enough
hold down force to not, but a "real" planer will (and a lunchbox has to,
at least to a degree) take any bow out, smooth the top surface as it
goes through, then the bow will come back out the other side.


A jointer, otoh, takes the high spots off and leaves one with a flat
surface _first_. _THEN_ one runs that face down through the planer and
ends up with voila!! a flat and parallel-faced piece of stock.

And that is the correct way to do it. But a planer can take the bow out
if the wood is sent through with a flat sled and several wedges under
the "bowed up" spots to prevent the planer from bending/flatenning the
wood out.

But I have to say WHAT A PAIN IN THE BUTT! It works well but the process
is labor intensive, especially with long boards. You have to grab the
sled and the work as a unit and run tem through several times. Heavy
work by comparison to no sled.

Yabbut... VBG

I'd use a hand scrub plane first...for _a_ board.

It's why I keep both planers and rue not having brought that large
jointer altho I did finally break down and the last batch of maple I
bought I paid for initial surfacing as it is almost all wider than 8"
which the jointer here won't handle in a single pass...

I may just check if TVA did ever get rid of it or whether it's still
just sitting there -- might just have to take the truck next time go to
visit the kids/grandkids!!!

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