S.A. Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Hi guys Saw this in the stew mac catalogue. any one tried it out? safe T planer Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I have it. Its ok. I hit a small nail in something and ruined the heads. You have to have a pretty dead level drill press with no flex or you get bad results. My drill press is a shop smith machine so not as rigid as I would like... -Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 I have a Wagner that I inherited from my old shop partner that is older than most of the guys who post on this site. It is not a heavy dusty tool but if you use it for what it was intended (nails are not on the recommended list) it can be a real life saver. Someone who needs to plane down an occasional heavily figured not huge piece of wood and who doesn't have a really good planer or drum sander can do just fine with one of these. Every real hardware store used to sell them and Constntine's, when they were around, sold a ton of them mail order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerb Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 A few people over at talkbass.com have used them and liked them. I've yet to try one out because of a lack of cash, but I plan on getting one in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perhellion Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Always wondered how these work. Do you lower the planer to the desired depth (essentially drillingg a shallow, flat bottemed hole) and then make a bunch of other similar, slightly overlapping holes OR do you lower the planer and then slide the workpiece under it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksolid Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Always wondered how these work. Do you lower the planer to the desired depth (essentially drillingg a shallow, flat bottemed hole) and then make a bunch of other similar, slightly overlapping holes OR do you lower the planer and then slide the workpiece under it? ← set the hight then move the piece under it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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