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- From: gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:54:56 GMT
- Subject: Re: Planer Questions
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- jaz00@diag.amdahl.com (Joe Zuk) writes:
- >
- >I am think about buying a planer sometime this year. I have a few
- >questions that I can not seam to find a sales man that can answer them.
- >Hopfully someone in net land can.
-
- I will do my best...
- >
- >What is the thinnest wood you can make with a portable planer? (1/8, 1/2)
- >Where I buy my wood they will only go down to 1/2, they say there planner
- >will just eat up anything smaller.
-
- It is possible that if they have a big, older machine, it won't go
- any smaller than 1/2.
-
- My Delta portable 12" planer will easily go smaller than 1/2. I have
- planed down to 3/8 without chattering. I haven't tried smaller.
- >
- >Why does the Mikia (sp) cost so much more than the Delta?
-
- I don't know. I think it is a rip.
- >
- >Does anyone have a jig that would set the wood on its side so that you
- >could use it as a joiner?
- Sorry, can't help you here. I would rather have a jointer and make
- it act like a planer than vice-versa.
-