I was planning on changing out my cutter blades anyway. Would this damage my planer if I set the cutting height 1/32 or so to remove a build up of varnish on some old reclaimed oak 1x4 boards. tks Dan
do you recommend planing varnished wood
Dec 19, 2003
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I did exactly this and the planer was fine. Keep the planing light and make sure you properly dispose of the shavings, as they make the shavings highly combustible...
Go for it. Keep the blades afterwards and use them for first passes on recycled timber.
-- Smert' spamionam
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:12:07 -0330, "Dan Parrell" wrotg:
That's the reason I originally bought my planner. Got sick of sanding old paint off some lumber. It worked great, the blades were still OK. If you don't have a dust collector of some sort, you may want to consider one now. And watch out for nails! DAMHIKT
John, in Minnesota
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