Drew Eckhardt
08-26-2008, 11:55 PM
I don't (yet) have a thickness planer.
I do have 8 (plus spares for when I ruin the next few) 14" x .690" pieces with protruding tapered 3" feet (3/4" thick) which I was planning on using to picture frame the bottom of a (sub-woofer) box using lock-miter joints as-is until I realized I'd only need one lock miter setup if I reduced their thickness to match the 18mm nominal sides they'll be next to.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=95629&stc=1&d=1219806622
Could I run them through a thickness planer (placing the cut side to the inside of my box so any tear-out doesn't show up?)? I think I need one of those sooner or later (and otherwise like power tools). An MDF scrap with four strips ripped off the end lets me plane with my router in almost reasonable time, but warps in the wood result in thickness variations (+/- 5 mils) which would be noticeable. Would those be less severe with a thickness planer's feed roller squishing the wood against its flat bottom?
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=95630&stc=1&d=1219808606
I do have 8 (plus spares for when I ruin the next few) 14" x .690" pieces with protruding tapered 3" feet (3/4" thick) which I was planning on using to picture frame the bottom of a (sub-woofer) box using lock-miter joints as-is until I realized I'd only need one lock miter setup if I reduced their thickness to match the 18mm nominal sides they'll be next to.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=95629&stc=1&d=1219806622
Could I run them through a thickness planer (placing the cut side to the inside of my box so any tear-out doesn't show up?)? I think I need one of those sooner or later (and otherwise like power tools). An MDF scrap with four strips ripped off the end lets me plane with my router in almost reasonable time, but warps in the wood result in thickness variations (+/- 5 mils) which would be noticeable. Would those be less severe with a thickness planer's feed roller squishing the wood against its flat bottom?
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=95630&stc=1&d=1219808606