"Alan Smithee" wrote in message
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I'm going to make some 1/4" edge capping for 18mm baltic birch plywood on
a
cabinet I'm finishing. Is there a danger in attempting to plane 3/4"
cherry
stock down to 18mm. Basically I need to take off 1/32". I'm going to use a
12.5" delta portable planer to do this. I just don't want to screw up an
$80
board so I'm wondering if there are other options in making capping. Thx.

If I understand this correctly, you are going to plane down the board to 18
mm thick, then cut it to 1/4" for the capping. 18 mm is no problem, just
do it in a couple of passes to take off that 1/32. Allow some extra length
in case of snipe.