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Planing defects such as snipe, ripples and raised, chipped or fuzzy grain can ruin a project. Here are simple solutions.
Snipe
Have you ever planed a piece of wood and then found that the first 6 inches or the last 6 inches of the lumber is a bit thinner than the rest of the piece? This machining defect is called snipe.
It happens when the lumber is not held tightly against the bed plate of the planer, but lifts off the plate and is pushed into the planer knives. The reason the lumber is not held tightly against the bed plate for a planer that has the planer head on the top of the lumber is that gravity is pulling the other end of the lumber down. The chip breaker or pressure bar just cannot hold the piece against this force of gravity. For a bottom-head machine, it is likely that the infeed table or outfeed table is too high.
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Woodworkers who attend the June 8 Wood Pro Expo conference at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida will hear from a trio of presenters who have emerged from the pandemic stronger than ever.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. What are the keys to post-pandemic success? Woodworkers who attend the June 8 Wood Pro Expo conference at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., will have a better idea after listening to trio of industry executives who have emerged from the pandemic stronger than ever. Amanda Conger, executive director of the Cabinet Makers Association, will moderate the panel presentation titled, Bold ideas for the post-pandemic world. The CMA is a sponsor of the Wood Pro Conference.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Popular FDMC columnist Gene Wengert, aka “The Wood Doctor,” will make a house call during the Wood Pro Conference.
Wengert, a renowned expert on all things wood, will present, The Wood Doctor is in, on June 8 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. He will offer his prescriptions for resolving some of the industry’s most common, costly and yet preventable wood problems. This includes issues such as open glue joints, blotchy finishes and low lumber yield to name a few.
Wengert also plans to address the added stress the coronavirus pandemic has had on the lumber market, including erratic supplies, price spikes and impact on just-in-time inventories.
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