Not dumb, Dumb and DANGEROUS!! I would not wnt to see all that walnut and hard work turned into a pile of splinters. Between snipe, crush and uneven pressure across the box you will be lucky if the whole thing doesn’t go out of the machine like a rocket. If you must use a power tool, use a belt sander, the OPEN type. Do not even think of running it through a surfacing sander.
SawdustSteve
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A jointer would do what you are looking to do but you will get splintering when you go over the end grain. A hand plane is your best bet but a belt sander would also do the job.
Scott C. Frankland
Scott's WOODWORKING Website
"He who has the most tools may not win the race of life but he will sure make his wife look like a good catch when she goes to move on."
It just so happens that I have a new belt sander that's been sitting in the box for months.. perhaps waiting for this very application.
Thanks for the idea.
Bill
Bill,
Your idea reminds me of the one I came up with a couple of years ago. I took an old cutting board that was laminated maple strips, recut and made an endgrain up cutting board.....that was not quite perfectly flat. I think it got about an inch into the planer before it started to come apart....1.5 inch square pieces of maple flying all over the place.
Well, I thought so.
The danger is learning that there's more than one way to do things is that you start thinking a bit on the unorthodox side.
Thanks for the warning, Steve.
Bill
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