In article <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a Delta portable thickness planer and I heard about someone
> using it as a jointer - to face joint boards, not edge joint them. Has
> anyone ever heard of this? Thanks.
Yes. You build a sled to carry the board, and shim it (using any number
of methods to hold it in place, from side wedges to hot glue) so that
the sled is the bottom reference plane. Then take light passes (1/32 to
1/16 max) until you have a coplanar top.
Here's one solution, using shims and double-sided tape:
<http://www.kyler.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36>
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Yep.
Have Delta 13" planer myself and have done this several times.
The boards I've done have usually been in the 4-6' length.
I've just 'stood' them on one edge, directly on the table and eased them
through.
Only once has it tried to tip and that was probably my fault since I was
trying to go across
the table at an angle. Doesn't work very well as the rollers want it to go
straight through.
Make sure the infeed and outfeed table are level also.
Finally, as the board exits the planer lifting up on the far end just a bit,
helps avoid any snipe.
That being said, having a sled to rest the board on and push it through as
Dave mentioned is
a very good idea also.
Ron
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> I have a Delta portable thickness planer and I heard about someone
> using it as a jointer - to face joint boards, not edge joint them. Has
> anyone ever heard of this? Thanks.
>
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a Delta portable thickness planer and I heard about someone
> using it as a jointer - to face joint boards, not edge joint them. Has
> anyone ever heard of this? Thanks.
>
It comes up here about once a week. It now seems to come up more often than
the "what tablesaw to buy" variety.
Search the archives
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=rec.woodworking
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a Delta portable thickness planer and I heard about someone
> using it as a jointer - to face joint boards, not edge joint them. Has
> anyone ever heard of this? Thanks.
Nope. It's never come up here. I might have missed it, though, so you
might want to go to http://groups.google.com and check the archives just in
case.
todd