I have several boards which were glued up with various success in providing an even joint. I wanted to get a 3/4″ thickness for the boards but when I ran into some of the boards being as much as 1/16 ” out of line, I am not sure how to proceed.
My method of evening out the board was first to use a block plane to knock off the excess glue and then plane the panel flat, and if it’s too much, get most of the glue off and run the board through the planner.
One, am I jeprodizing the planer blades?
Two, should I have left the boards slightly oversized and run the final pass to get to 3/4″
thanks for any advice and thoughts.
peace
joe
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Hi Joe,
Yeah I always leave the panel a little thick so I can get it down to thickness. You never know how the glue up might turn out, plan as you might for success. I don't make them too thick but a fat 1/32" isn't too much to plane off.
As long as you have the glue off the panels, and I'd use a scraper rather than a block plane just because it's easier to sharpen, there's no trouble running the panel through the planer. Be careful of your grain directions that's all. Good luck. Gary
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