richardthewood
Member
Hi everyone.
I have some twisted planks to plane on my P/T.
If I apply pressure to the plank on the infeed table, transferring to the outfeed side as soon as there is enough timber there to press on, then the face of the plank will be set by the angle of twist at that end. By the time the far end of the plank gets to the cutter, the plank is canted by the total angle of twist. If I continue with enough passes to fully flatten the plank then one side at the far end will be very thin.
What I would like to do is arrange for the face of the plank to be set at the mid-point, thus minimising the material removed from each end, preserving the thickness as much as possible.
So if the plank is twisted by 10 degrees total, say, then I want the front of the plank to approach the cutter at 5 deg and have the far end approach at -5 deg.
Can someone recommend a safe way of doing this please?
Thanks
Richard
I have some twisted planks to plane on my P/T.
If I apply pressure to the plank on the infeed table, transferring to the outfeed side as soon as there is enough timber there to press on, then the face of the plank will be set by the angle of twist at that end. By the time the far end of the plank gets to the cutter, the plank is canted by the total angle of twist. If I continue with enough passes to fully flatten the plank then one side at the far end will be very thin.
What I would like to do is arrange for the face of the plank to be set at the mid-point, thus minimising the material removed from each end, preserving the thickness as much as possible.
So if the plank is twisted by 10 degrees total, say, then I want the front of the plank to approach the cutter at 5 deg and have the far end approach at -5 deg.
Can someone recommend a safe way of doing this please?
Thanks
Richard