On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 10:22:54 AM UTC-4, dpb wrote:
On 3/29/2019 7:05 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I'm still trying to learn things about my planer....

I need to plane some poplar down by no more than 1/32". However, the boards
are already cut to length and have tenons on the ends. (Don't ask)

I really want to avoid any snipe on these boards so I'm thinking of using
the Sacrificial Board technique. Here's my idea:

Cut a groove in the sacrificial board, insert the tenons in the groove, and
run it all through the planer. With the setup shown below, I can easily run
4 boards through at one time. (I'm only showing 2 in this example) My only
concern is that the sacrificial board(s) will be planed cross grain.

https://i.imgur.com/s3bxz1G.jpg

From a safety perspective, is there any reason I shouldn't try this?

Yes, I know I could do the same thing with a sacrificial board running
with the grain, but I'm sure this question will start an interesting
discussion, as usual.

How are you proposing to keep the trailer in place?

90-degree cross grain is scary...but if you only take paper-thin passes
and with poplar you've got at least a _reasonable_ chance you won't have
an explosion. What _can_ happen is instead of a knife cutting cleanly,
the piece of material simply fractures and throws chunks back at you
(damhikt).

My answer is
1) thickness sander

Don't have one, not going to buy one.

2) jointer

Don't have one, not going to buy one.

3) hand plane

Have old hand-me-downs which I don't plan to refurb and/or learn to use.


not necessarily in that order...

In that order ;-)