Comments on: Tip to edge joining narrow width boards http://www.wood-working-hobby.com/2006/12/11/tip-to-edge-joining-narrow-width-boards/ For the weekend wood chewer Wed, 12 May 2010 03:58:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: toni http://www.wood-working-hobby.com/2006/12/11/tip-to-edge-joining-narrow-width-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-25 toni Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:57:30 +0000 http://www.wood-working-hobby.com/2006/12/11/tip-to-edge-joining-narrow-width-boards/#comment-25 Here is an interesting tip to this method: Clamp several boards together with a spring clamp. Position the spring clamp toward the bottom of the stock, so that it will not strike the cutter head. And then run the block of wood through the planer. Yes, it does seem a bit risky to run a metal clamp through your bench top planer. Follow me on this for a minute. Back to the example of two inch wide stock that needs to be edge joined. The stock will be run through the planner on edge, the cutter head will be adjusted to 2". If the clamp is 1" wide, positioning it at the bottom of the material will leave just under 1" clearance between the clamp and the cutter head. Here is an interesting tip to this method:

Clamp several boards together with a spring clamp. Position the spring clamp toward the bottom of the stock, so that it will not strike the cutter head. And then run the block of wood through the planer. Yes, it does seem a bit risky to run a metal clamp through your bench top planer. Follow me on this for a minute. Back to the example of two inch wide stock that needs to be edge joined. The stock will be run through the planner on edge, the cutter head will be adjusted to 2″. If the clamp is 1″ wide, positioning it at the bottom of the material will leave just under 1″ clearance between the clamp and the cutter head.

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