using as a planer

[jcaravella]

I have boards that are 1 3/4 inches thick how can i use the arvewright to plane them down to 1 1/4 inches thick? Is there an option on the keypad or do i need to create the board in the software and set the depth to 1 1/4"?

[fwharris]

I have boards that are 1 3/4 inches thick how can i use the arvewright to plane them down to 1 1/4 inches thick? Is there an option on the keypad or do i need to create the board in the software and set the depth to 1 1/4"?

You could do it as you say by setting it up as a project, but, :roll:

You would be much better off by finding a local shop, neighbor or good friend that would plane it down for you.

[robbrigg2]

You could do it as you say by setting it up as a project, but, :roll:

You would be much better off by finding a local shop, neighbor or good friend that would plane it down for you.

I just bought a low end craftsman and AM I HAPPY I DID. I had been paying 1.79 per lb ft at lowes for premium grade pine. I'ld get 1 board for 27 dollars and some change. Now I bought 300 bd ft of Cypress from a local mill for .69 bd ft... what a savings.. and sooooo much nicer on the wood... I know it's the obvious but they are no bigger then the CW and they save you money in the long run... mine has already paid for itself in the first truck load of wood.

[Ike]

I have boards that are 1 3/4 inches thick how can i use the arvewright to plane them down to 1 1/4 inches thick? Is there an option on the keypad or do i need to create the board in the software and set the depth to 1 1/4"?

Well you could in designer put a rectangle around the board and set to cut at a 1/2". But I think that would take forever to do and frankly I would invest in a planer before I would work the machine that hard for a planer! If you do try it I would use the widest flat bottom bit.

Plus when you get through you will need a belt sander or 50-80 grit sand paper! Still it is a good excuse to buy a new tool! Another way is a band saw that can resaw.

Oh they do have power hand planers that don't cost too much.

Ike

[fwharris]

I just bought a low end craftsman and AM I HAPPY I DID. I had been paying 1.79 per lb ft at lowes for premium grade pine. I'ld get 1 board for 27 dollars and some change. Now I bought 300 bd ft of Cypress from a local mill for .69 bd ft... what a savings.. and sooooo much nicer on the wood... I know it's the obvious but they are no bigger then the CW and they save you money in the long run... mine has already paid for itself in the first truck load of wood.

I always walk through the tools section looking for that


SOOPER SALE

sign but so far not such luck. That will most likely be my next tool buy..

[Frederick_P]

Dude... you want to use the CW machine as a planer??? OK, it is possible, but the results would be not as good as using, oh, I donno know.... a PLANER. You can also use the CW machine to drill holes in wood. But call me an old fuddy duddy, but I kinda think a DRILL would be a better choice. Or how about using the CW machine with the 1/8" cutting bit to cut wood to the right length? Hey... totally possible! But somehow I think that using a SAW might be a more efficient use of machine time and resources.

Tell me you're kidding, right?

[jcaravella]

No not kidding. dont own a planer. hard to believe? the regular 12.5 or 13" planers wont do. I need to plane 14" x 19" x 1 3/4" board. so the $300 planers are no good for me. Guess I'll just be waiting on a cheap used one then.

[robbrigg2]

No not kidding. dont own a planer. hard to believe?

Are you planning to carve on the pieces or just make them flat?

[jcaravella]

THey will be carved as well but minimal carving.

[Deolman]

If you are going to use it as a planer, consider what the roller will do when it hits the thinner portion of the board. Then think about head pressure difference. No sense of creating trouble when there are better ways of doing things. Like someone here says in their signature "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail."

[robbrigg2]

THey will be carved as well but minimal carving.

Then you can set a cut path that includes your carving

[jcaravella]

the boards i have have already been planed and aree an even 1 3/4 " just wanting to shave them down a half inch.

[Ike]

No not kidding. dont own a planer. hard to believe? the regular 12.5 or 13" planers wont do. I need to plane 14" x 19" x 1 3/4" board. so the $300 planers are no good for me. Guess I'll just be waiting on a cheap used one then.

You can also get a power hand planer for around $40.00 at Harbor Freight and over $100.00 for a brand name. But you need to take a little at a time and have a square to keep it flat.

Or a 15" planer, but that is even more. I understand you were asking for help not a lecture! So I hope this helped?

Ike

PS I hav e this one by Dewalt www.tools-plus.com/dewalt-dw680.html it is $99.00

[Ike]

the boards i have have already been planed and aree an even 1 3/4 " just wanting to shave them down a half inch.

Again in the designer make a rectangle set to cut a 1/2 inch or take a 1/4 at a time. Or used a power hand planer to almost a 1/2 inch and use the CW to square it flat?

Ike

[fwharris]

Or, just carve it as is!

Being that thick you could get some nice deep carving detail to make some patterns just jump off of the wood...

[Ike]

Or, just carve it as is!

Being that thick you could get some nice deep carving detail to make some patterns just jump off of the wood...

Lol that is true too! The only thing it will effect is will not cut all the way through the board. Mr. Harris you are fart smeller I meant smart feller!


Ike

Ps it is better then being a smart ...!:roll:

[fwharris]

Lol that is true too! The only thing it will effect is will not cut all the way through the board. Mr. Harris you are fart smeller I meant smart feller!


Ike

Ps it is better then being a smart ...!:roll:

LOL!!! :D
Yep, I might have been born in the night but it was not last night!!

[Ike]

LOL!!! :D
Yep, I might have been born in the night but it was not last night!!

Tell me you are kidding me?! Lol opps!!! I need to get some sleep I dread tomorrow it is 2 degrees outside and tomorrow isn't going to be too much higher!

Ike

[fwharris]

Tell me you are kidding me?! Lol opps!!! I need to get some sleep I dread tomorrow it is 2 degrees outside and tomorrow isn't going to be too much higher!

Ike

Same here.. pushing to single digits and more snow coming in!!

[Ike]

Same here.. pushing to single digits and more snow coming in!!

I am too old well my body is too old for this cold weather! I think we get a break tomorrow from the snow? Shoot it snowed in San Francisco! My folks live below Placerville and they are about 1000 foot in elevation and they got 6-8" of snow!!

I have a wood stove in the shop and my shop side is insulated, but I have to get in the shop first!

Ike

[hogiewan]

wow it's going to be in the 70s here today.

AFA using the machine as a planer. I've considered it. Best bet would be using the 3/8" bit with vector patterns to carve out everything, but you'd need to leave 1/4-1/2" on each side to allow the rollers to keep pressure then those taller sides could be cut off. It's still a lot of time and work for the machine when you could get it done somewhere else.

The place I buy lumber from will do any size I want

[TerryT]

My sugestion would be to take it to a lumber yard and pay them to plane it down for you. That might be the least expensive way.



I am too old well my body is too old for this cold weather! I think we get a break tomorrow from the snow? Shoot it snowed in San Francisco! My folks live below Placerville and they are about 1000 foot in elevation and they got 6-8" of snow!!


Ike

Last year about this time we got almost 3 feet over night. I got to practice my carving technique with a snow blower. This year not a flake!!

[Chief]

Ike,

If you flipped it, wouldn't the CW finish cutting through?

Chief

[Chief]

Ike,

I have a brother in Colfax. Isn't that close to Placerville?

Chief

[Woodhacker]

...to comtemplate. It is pushing mid-seventies down here in Florida. Can't even imagine weather as cold as you guys have.

[fwharris]

...to comtemplate. It is pushing mid-seventies down here in Florida. Can't even imagine weather as cold as you guys have.

Put your hand in the ice cube tray for about 3 minutes then you will get a very good idea!!!:mrgreen:

[Ike]

Ike,

If you flipped it, wouldn't the CW finish cutting through?

Chief
I guess if you program it in designer? Just flipping wouldn't work it wouldn't know where to cut.


Ike

[TIMCOSBY]

or split the one you have, plane them then glue back together. that way you can use the $300 planners.

[Kurtsara]

If you are going to use it as a planer, consider what the roller will do when it hits the thinner portion of the board. ."

you could not plane the whole board, the machine needs wood at least on the edges of the board to keep moving it with the rollers, so you could cut a rectangle 1/2" deep in the center of the board wider than you need, then cut the edges you need for the rollers

[Chief38]

to use a router to plane wood. If you have a good router this may be one solution.

http://www.woodzone.com/tips/planerjig.htm

Herb

[dench]

if i was you i cut my board in half 2 7inch boards then plane them then glue them back