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New Tools
The next day I went online and bought a new 'planer and
stand' by DeWalt. And they were delivered in one day from Home Depot,
wow!. I
should have bought one of these many years ago because it would have
saved me a ton of time over they years.
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It will handle a 13" wide board and has a built-in thickness setting
that include; 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" one inch and more. This should make life
much easier for sure.
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It also came with in-and-out feed tables. Now it's time to make some
sawdust!
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I plugged in the planer and ran a board through it
without the vacuum attached. Well that was a big mistake because it
looked like it was snowing in the garage, so out came the vacuum. I used
my shooting target stand to hold the hose along with some duct tape to attach the
hose to the planer.
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Here's a better look at my high dollar
attachment. This worked but as soon as I was finished, I bought a real
adapter.
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While the wooden desktop was still on my sawhorses, I
used it as a workbench. I wanted the thickness of my box to
be 1/2" so I set the dial on my planer to that setting and started
cutting. After a few minutes, I started to get the hang of how this new
tool worked. And once I hit the 1/2" work-stop on the planer, my work
pieces measured at .503". That was impressive because I didn't expect to
have those pieces measure that close. Needless to say, I was very
pleased with the results. And what a great finish it left too. Again,
I'm really happy with this DeWalt planer.
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Once I was finished, I checked my shop vac and it was full. Now this was
my first time using a planer and I can see that I may need a different
vacuum system in the near future.
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Machining
I'll be using some wood dowels to join all the pieces
together which meant I would need something to rest the work piece against.
I'm using my angle plate on one end and a machined piece of aluminum for
the other end.
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I used a few clamps to hold my work piece while I drilled and reamed
some 1/4" holes for my dowels.
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This worked out great because I used my digital readout for the hole
location.
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Close-up of the dowel and hole.
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