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- From: boykin@gte.com (Joseph Boykin)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Sniping thread, please???
- Message-ID: <6210@ceylon.gte.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 18:54:25 GMT
- References: <HOLLEN.93Jan18075054@peg.megatek.UUCP>
- Sender: news@ceylon.gte.com
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- Organization: GTE Laboratories
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- In article <HOLLEN.93Jan18075054@peg.megatek.UUCP>, hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck) writes:
- |> Well, as invariably happens, just when I think I don't need some
- |> thread, a couple of weeks later, I do. I just bought a thickness
- |> planer and now I need the thread which explains how to minimize
- |> sniping. I have adjusted in/outfeed tables very carefully and the
- |> cutterhead height from left to right and all that, but still get about
- |> 2 1/2" of snipe on the end of a 2' board (the only size I had
- |> available to try to plane).
-
- Relatively speaking, I think adjustment of the in/out-feed tables is a
- small part of end-snipe. Sniping occurs at the beginning or end of a
- board when the board is not being controlled by the rollers before &
- after the cutter head. For the planer you have, with relatively small
- in/out-feed tables, almost any size board will snipe unless you use use
- additional supports.
-
- I have a Grizzly 15" planer with fairly large tables (about 2' of support
- on each end). I've played around and don't get any sniping for boards
- that stay completely on the table (roughly 2' long). Anything past that
- and you need to be careful and add extra supports.
-
- Making sure those extra supports are level is harder than keeping the
- planer's tables level, but well worth every minute it takes (unless you
- like loosing the first/last foot of every board you plane!)
-
- jb
-