perhellion Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 I see an occaisional reference to thickness planing with a router instead of a planer. Is this a tutorial on this site? (If so, where? I can't seem to find it.) I'm pretty good with a router, but it seems like this would be a hard method to obtain perfect flatness with. All thoughts/experiences appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Claws Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 yeah, before i had a planer, i used the router, but before you start, i would work from the edges in, cause i made a mistake of that working form the middle, you wont get to route all of it, but just sand the bit of it off. But Bacicly Yeah, just take your time, works grand. ....Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 The doubleneck body I'm working on was too large to run through a thickness planer. The body was 2" thick, so I built a 2" high ring of scrap wood around the edge of the body, then used my router to plane off 3/8" from the top. It was definitely not perfect; I had to block sand the entire body flat before I glued the top on. I've since learned that some cabinet making shops have large (36" wide) belt sanders for obtaining true thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Funny you should mention this... There was another thread where we talked about the same thing. Here's a few pictures of how I did it. It's not a tutorial or anything, but it shows that it can be done. Here's the link... http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...opic=8270&st=29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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