Planing Tapered Blanks

Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 8:10am (EDT-3) [email protected] (Ron=A0Robinson) claims:
<snip> sled to hold the blanks at the proper angle as they travel
through the thickness planer. The sled does not travel. <snip>

Whoops, missed the sentence where you claim the sled doesn't
travel, when I responded. Mine does. I'm not picturing a sled not
traveling, and still planing a taper. That's why it's called a sled, it
travels. Sure you're reading it right?

JOAT
Don't e-mail me while I'm breathing.

Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 8:10am (EDT-3) [email protected] (Ron=A0Robinson)
queries:
<snip> Has anyone tried something similar?

Yep.

Results?

Excellent.

Tips?

Don't bet on horses.

I would think the surface of the sled would have to be slick to avoid
having the blank "jam". <snip>

Slick? Depends on what you mean by slick. Mine's smooth, no prob,
it is wood after all. And, not sure what you mean by the blank jamming.

JOAT
Don't e-mail me while I'm breathing.

JOAT,

It sure looks like it from the picture. The "sled" (their word not
mine) looks like a big T-square with the square registered against the
infeed table of the planer. The directions say to tape the "sled" to
the infeed table. It seemed to me (as it does to you) that the
fixture holding the blank at the proper angle should travel with the
work.

Ron

I haven't seen it but the fixture that holds the piece at an angle would
have to travel with the piece.

"Ron Robinson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In the latest shop notes there are plans for a hardware cabinet with
> tapered drawer pulls. The author makes the tapered blanks by building
> a sled to hold the blanks at the proper angle as they travel through
> the thickness planer. The sled does not travel. Questions:
>
> Has anyone tried something similar?
> Results?
> Tips?
>
> I would think the surface of the sled would have to be slick to avoid
> having the blank "jam".
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> Ron