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8/11/2019 Helpful Planer Plans

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A jonte is the roer tool or flatteg a singe ace of

a o ad. But a woodwokers lack a ointer that can

hade w ide oards. This sled s uorts a cued or owed

oard so the laer ca act ike a jOinte oducig a latad straight sface he oard then can e ied over

ad aned convetioa l to i l l it to inal thickness

Adjustalesort lock

Bowed orced oard

A sl ed lets you use j ust you r pl an er

to m i l l l umber to any th i ckness

B Y K E I T H R U S T

58 F N E \ 0 0 D 0 R K I G

Woking wih wide lumbe is

The fgue and co lo ae seam

jus as i ca me off he log Bu

woodwokes face a poblem wh

comes o aening one side of a

boad We can ip he boad ino na

pieces use a 6in. o 8 -in. j Oine and

ejoin he pas bu a pefec mach is n

ways possible The alenaive is o plane one side la a laboious poces

ow I like handplaning as much a

nex guy bu pefe o save my e

and le machines dimension lumbe. T

end, I designed an adjusable sled h

lows me o faceOin lumbe wih a

ness plane. he sled is eliabe and quse up and adjus wihou using any

o make i you fis need o deemin

maimum widh he bed of you p

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J O I N T E R S L E D F O R T H E P L A N E R Aernte-fcnghooks gude ebungee cord

Stirred mteripp ied to top of

support bocks ndbotom o wedges

'inckplywood

Dowel secu resech end of ebungee cord

The body of the sed m ust be

rigid dead flat and not too

heavy, which makes a torsion-

box design the best choice. The

rough board that needs

fatteni ng rests on a series o f

supports that are adjusted to fit

the board usin g sidi ng wedges.

will accpt and how long a ld you want.

My 2\in porabl planr could handl ald of th am width but to avoid having

too ght a fi I optd fo a 2inwid ld.

The sled's body ms be fa and rigd had a ht of 5-ftquar \in.thick

Baticbirch plywood o ppd two 2-i n.

wid pc t full lngh to cat uppr a nd lowr bd cton. f you work

alon rit th tmptation to mak th ld

too long and unwild Build i t on a at ur

Dawigs: John Hrtman

Tghten screw to

secure wedges.

T7 n

Unders ide ssurced whplsc m nte

i n 150 ngledddo

"

% i n

WEDGE DETA i l

fac uch a a workbnch or outfd tab

to nur th ld alo wil b at fram pic in. thick by in wid

wr cu rom a coupl o dy x4 d. r

cd h pic in on th id and 3 in

on ach nd o coud grip th ld ai.

h fram pic ar glud and cwd to

th uppr and owr bd ction

h top of th d ha a ri o tock

uppor mad of hardwood mlld to in.

quar. To dtrmin thir lngt maur

you planr' inid caranc kping in

-i n rec

for hnd

Frme pi eces, 3 n t ck b y 1 n wide re glued nd scewed obo pieces of plywood

] A N U A R Y/ F E

B R U A R Y 2 0 0 5


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min that the spports will hae abot Y in.

of a drywa screw sicking o each en.

My planer allowed fo Y-in.-ong sp

pots with no danger of a screw hea

tochng aning on the way thgh.

In se the sppos are raise or owere

sing 1 weges made from \n.thickmeimdensity berboad (MD To eep

the sppors parae to the se's sface as

the wedges ae nseed ct a sot % in from

each end of the sppot blocks also with a

Vist our Web ste to see Rust demon-

strate his plane s ed.

5 slope. Th is is done on the tablesaw wi1

a ado set sing a sle 1a caies e sp

port block at a 1 angle We the ao set

is on e saw, ct a sqare ao in he op of

each spport for a bngee cor. The cor

secres the spports when he sled is in

se and when i is stored ertically I stretch

e cor 1rogh the notches in he sp

pots and throgh small hooks on top of the

sled secing it at each end wi a dowe.

60 F l W O O D W O K I N G

To hol the weges in place l a hoe

n each en of the sppor blocks for a

n. rywall screw Jst tghening thescews by han keeps the weges fom

moing once hey ae in postion

When I fis bilt he sle I had problems

wih the planer plng boas ot of pos

tion as the sed wen throgh To soe tha

I pt selfsick pastic stairrea mateia on

top of he sppots I aoded sanpaper

becase of the ikeihoo of gri beaking

off an geing in the paner. I also pt a

coase sartrea material on the bottoms

of the wedges o keep 1em from slipp ng

Last I p t pastic laminae on the boom of

the sle to ece rag 1rogh he paner.

Settng up the sled for useLoosen the spport screws by han an

slie the wedges back so 1at e sppots

all rest on e sed Orientaion of e boar

s impotant: f he boar is cppe place

he concae sie down so that he eges

res on the spports Do 1is regarless of

the fact hat yo may now hae a boar

tha bows p at each end Space the sp

Auat the."port block

Slde the wedge untl the b

Just touches the board Th

tighten the drywall screw b

hand to lock the wedge In

pors o hae one at each end an

ee along he res of he board.

Fn the high coes of the boa

png presse on opposite corne

rocking t. Use the wedges to rase h

ports that nee t rying to raise eac

an eqa amon an tighen the scre

han. I akes ony a ltte pressre f

fine point of the drywall scew to bit

the MDF and sece the wege. Tes

if the rocking s gone. Now go dow

leng1 of the boar an n loose s p

Use he wedges to aise e ones tha

adjstng bt aoid coming p too

Doing so can case other gaps ap

Roller stans a each en of the and a remoable sppot arm attach

the box my planer sits on hep sppo

se. The arm has a op of heavy p

(aailable from Woodcra) 1at rec

friction of sliding 1e sled across froofee end of 1e planer to the infee

Usng the planer as a jonterOnce the boar is stable raise the c

head high enogh to accept he


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packae an withut tunng n the pwe

sie eveything int e ane t find the

highest int. Pu it ack ut cank wn

a it an yue eady t jint the a.

his is ne f thse cases whee escib

ing the cess takes fa me tme than

ding it. Its easy t put a a n the

se adjust e supts and e aning in

30 t 45 secns It hes t knw the

cmbine thickness f the e and sup

s s at yu can have e ane en

ing set t he appimate ckness

Ate the ist pass check t see if any

thing has shfted and adjust e weges as

necessay. en e se ve e xe am

an back t the input e we thehea and make anthe cut. I eceny buit

a chest f awes with bent-aminate

dawe fnts an ha n tu e using s

se t fatten inwe ha mape t

make awe-fnt ies. his is a ji (un

ke sme Ive attempted) that has pven

t be w fa me than the igna time

investe in esigning an buiing it.

Keith Rust lives in Arlington, Texas.

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