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   rslatm | Jul 19, 2003 02:15am | #1

   It was a jointer that used a unique rotary cutterhead. I believe they were discontinued in the 60's. You could joint real short pieces.
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   jmc | Jul 19, 2003 02:26am | #2

   Thanks

   John

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   patricks13 | Jul 20, 2003 12:48am | #3

   I only like to give first hand info so I was waiting for some one to chime in who actually had one. I don't.

    

   Their good point was since the cutter is on the vertical side once you have them set up it is easier to hold the board for a square cut since you only have to press down as opposed to a jointer where you have to press sideways.

    

   Their bad point was they tend to leave a spiral looking finish. Looks like lots of circles on the board. Apparently they were difficult to set up.

    

   I was thinking of getting one because I thought they might do well with figured boards.
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   rslatm | Jul 20, 2003 02:19am | #4

   http://www.maxkrimmel.com/Woodturning/SquarePlan/SquarePlan.html

   The new spiral heads will do a nice job on figured woods.

   byrdtool.com makes retrofit heads and Grizzly and Woodworkers Supply have machines and heads.

   I have good luck with figured wood by using sharp cutters and slow feeds. See also back bevels. The nice thing about the uniplane would be how Max Krimmel in the above link uses it for his segmented bowls with the grain running in all manner of direction. Replacement cutters for the uniplane would have to be custom made. As in all woodworking many people will come up with many solutions to the same problem.

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   patricks13 | Jul 21, 2003 03:21am | #5

    

   Thanks for the heads up Rick. Maybe if I can get a good deal on a Uniplane I will try it out.