xebryusguitars Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Hey I'm broke as anything so I cant really afford he benchtop planer and also, I dont wanna spend my money on something that doesnt fit my guitar blanks. I wanna know if anyones uses one of these Link I dont know how they work so I don't wanna use my money on something thats now worth it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 are you talking about the 3.25 inch planers? they do NOT work well from my experiance, it gets too complicated to get it even, it only worked good for an edge to laminate Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 yea hand held planer good for 3.25 inches.... not 12 or 13.... go buy a cheap planer on ebay or go to a pawn shop the pawn shop by me has a planer listed at 150bucks... if you use it once or twice don't bother. if you are using it a ton, then get the delta two speed 13" planer I can get all strat type of guitar through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I recently saw that Lowes had a Delta portable 12 1/2" planer advertised for sale. I know this would work fine to plane 7-8 inch planks before laminating two create two piece body blanks. What I was wondering is can a planer also be use to joint the edges of these planks ? Does a planer have an edge guide that would keep the plank square so the planed/jointed edge would be straight ? And if so, what is the average height that a planer can be adjusted to ? Would a planer's table adjust low enough to run a 7" plank through it in order to square the edge of the board for laminating ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 usually planer don't take stock over 5 inches tall at least thats the ones that I have seen. You could get a joiner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Yeah I know I could use a jointer, I just wondered if I could use one tool todo both jobs. You know how it is being on a limited tool allowance from the little lady don't ya ! I guess you could use the planer to joint 5" planks like you said to create three piec body blanks. I just did not know if the planer would actually square the board if you ran it through on edge like that or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 as long as one side is somewhat straight I guess it could work... might be ugly if the board is off a little bit and then you have to plane all of them again. Where ever you buy your wood from they should give you an edge on one side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 You're right, the local wood suppliers do usually have fairly straight edge on one side on the S2S lumber. It is not nearly a clean enough edge to laminate but would probably be straight enough to get the planer to even out the other edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsilver Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) I wouldn't suggest using a planer to attempt edge jointing. It isn't stable and you run the risk of snipe. Where I buy my wood, I buy it S3S. That way, I get a freshly jointed edge that many times is good enough for an edge to edge joint. If it isn't, I clean it up a bit with a hand plane and a shooting board. Forgot to mention that I have one of those electric hand planes - a Craftsman. In my experience it isn't particularly suited for preparing a fine edge joint for gluing due to limited size of sole plate. When I changed my mind in mid construction on a guitar body once and decided I wanted a thinner overall body, I used it to hog off some surface wood to get it close to final thickness and then did final thicknessing with my hand planes. I think it works well for shaving down the bottom of a door to improve the fit, but not really for preparing edges for tight fits. Just MHO. Edited January 13, 2005 by johnsilver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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