Can I Use My Router As A Planer
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Can i use my router as a planer. Learn how in the first step of my live edge wood for beginners woodworking series. And perfect joints but not everything you use your bot for needs to be so complicated. 2Pcs 14 X 14 76Mm.
If you have a really nice thick piece of wood and it is too wide to go through your planer how can you get faces of the wood smooth and parallel. Use sandpaper to ease the edge nearest the router bit so it wont catch your workpiece as the board slides past. You can also add a wooden sole onto the plane sole as wood on wood has much less friction compared to metal which can also mark lighter coloured woods.
David Heim and Tom Olivares. I think a floor model planer such as a Powermatic would be the best to use. As seen in photo we used a steel rule to align the laminate with the cutting edge of a straight bit mounted in the router.
How to Use a Router to Trim Countertop Laminate Edges. A benchportable would do it but expect to do a knife change when done. As said it would be a real PITA but it is doable.
All you need do is build a routing jig and mount it on the jig and you can plane thickness and even joint any stock of wood with it. Make a pair of rails at least 8 in. But if you are not skilled in the use of a hand plane using a shop-made jig and fixture like the one shown above is an easy and accurate way to achieve your goal.
If you have a beautiful thick piece of timber that is too wide to use your Planer you can get the face of the wood parallel and smooth using a router and a jig. And it is not l. I make a lot of tables and I used to haul the tabletops to a shop to have them flattened on a 4ft belt sander.