How to Flatten Large Boards in a Planer
I grew up working in my dad’s customized woodworking store standing in a pile of shavings on the outfeed aspect of a 24″ planer. Oh positive, we had mud assortment, however we (me) incessantly received too lazy to go empty the ten-foot-cubed collector into fifty-5 gallon drums and drag them to the dumpster. So often I stood in a pile of shavings. Ah, the posh of the great previous days! One other advantage of a business store is a giant jointer, we"ve a 12″ jointer in our store. Twisted boards don’t stand a probability! Nevertheless, in case your uncooked inventory is a sixteen″-broad maple slab, even that massive jointer isn’t large sufficient – so that you’re headed for a glue-up. Positive the person boards are sq. and true, however with a glued-up slab, there’s all the time room for error. Sure, hand planes and winding sticks are an choice (however not one which I discover palatable, particularly in maple!) Or yo...