Thickness Planer Basics | Woodworking for Beginners
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- Опубликовано: 28 апр 2022
- Thickness Planer Basics | Woodworking for Beginners
In this video I will go through all the basic information you need to know to operate safely and efficiently a thickness planer.
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Learn some basics about a Jointer - the first step in getting a rough sawn board to a state where you can use it in a project - ruclips.net/video/__MGUzs6KEo/видео.html
Thanks for another good tool overview Thomasz. I don’t have a jointer but have flattened twisted/cupped boards using a sled and my Thicknesser. Keep up the interesting content. Cheers 👍😎🇦🇺
Thank you kindly 👍
Yes I used similar solution as well. I'll be covering in the future how to do without a jointer or thicknesser etc.
Very straightforward and articulate delivery. Thanks!
Thank you for watching 👍
Thanks!
Really fantastic tips, Tomasz! Thanks!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thank you very much mate. Same to you, be good and safe.
Thank you Tomasz for another great, simply explained video.
Thank you for watching 👍
Thankyou for this video... Chris ... Norwich,England
Glad that my video was helpful
you can use a planer sled to get a flat side - i do it on my dewalt now.
That option will be covered in my future video :)
Very helpful for a beginner like myself.
Glad you like it
Another great video Tomasz , I’ve just picked up my Titan same as you showed in your last video. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you very much. Hope it will serve you well.
Another great video and another tool I want! I would welcome a video about preventing snipe. Please keep the great videos coming.
Thank you kindly. I'll try to get a video put together I couple of weeks about the snipe👍
Nice video Tomasz
Thank you kindly 👍
Thanks my friend and nice clear video as always 5*.. Yes, snipe reduction video would be very welcome when you are able to make one👍
Thank you kindly 👍
Yet another clear tool beginners overview Thomasz. Don't forget if a piece is stuck, to add to your good advise far better the pull the timber out if long enough then push anything if possible. A good thought would be to add about the grain direction of the timber how to feed as I do feel this is critical when beginning to use tools. As seen on your first pass of the timber showed break out (chipping) but then you turned the timber around and was clean. Well done.
Thank you kindly. And some good pointers thank you 👍
Thanks for the video! I have this machine but two questions: How much is a shallow pass to avoid snipes (full, half of quarter turn) and how do you avoid clogging the dust extraction I get it all the time.
Quarter turn. For resolving the extraction issue you just need a powerful extractor, high volume and low pressure with 100mm hose diameter.
@@CasualDIY Great, thanks a bunch, I will see if I can make it work in the end.
Great video thanks. My Metabo thicknesser planning head is set us uneven so my planning is coming out angled, does anyone know how to level up both sides?
I think Metabo has a special tool for that. Worth having a look
5:50 When I get a piece stuck like that, I simply PULL from the other side (or have my hand fully open and pushing with the palm, so there's no way I can possibly get my fingers there)
Yes need to be careful
Hi Tomasz, looking to order a metarbo, done some research on RUclips and found some people having trouble with wood chips getting wedged between blade/ blade plate and bending,have you had any trouble with this. Keep the videos coming love the jigs, All the best 👍
Hi I have not had that issue. But if people decide to take 10mm in one pass then ye they might come into some issues lol. Chips will be large enough to cause that damage if you are taking too much material in one pass or a brittle piece of timber that will break apart when come in contact with the blades and rollers. People just don't know how to use this tool correctly or think it will perform as an industrial planer ( which this tool is not ).
@@CasualDIY I understand about taking shallow passes, thought it was a problem with machine, must be people abusing it, thanks for replying 👌
Hey Thomasz! Which kind of dust collection do you use? Shop vac? If so, which one would you recommend for a table saw and miter saw? Thanks and keep up the good work with the videos.
Got a shop vac. And for the tools you mentioned a good shop vac will be fine. However a good extraction system will be based on two systems. Low volume at high pressure - that's a shop vac. And high volume low pressure - that's dust collectors.
I see, brilliant! Do you still have your vacmaster? I am about to buy one and saw your review, but that was a long time ago! Would you recommend it? Thanks again!
@@bernert23 still got it and it works great, no issues at all. I do recommend making the cyclone attachment well worth it
Cool! Yea, I got the cyclone attachment already, just missing the shopvac haha! Thank you for the help! Love your vids, very helpful!
@@bernert23 thank you kindly for watching 👍
Hi mate. Do you ever use the TITAN thicknessor’s function or keep that for jointing only?
Hi mate, jointing only. Don't like the hassle of changing between functions plus the Metabo has got a larger capasity.
@@CasualDIY I have a titan and do the same with my bigger, more expensive thicknessor…..I asked because I wondered if the titan was any good as a thicknessor….don’t remember ever trying mine. Thanks anyway. 👍
@@stuffoflardohfortheloveof it's OK but not as good as my Matebo for sure
The only guaranteed way to remove snipe on these small machines is to use a sacrificial board at the front and the back. It takes a bit of juggling when you have multiple boards to plain to the same thickness but works well. As you said, building a larger base really helps but if you haven't the room or just cant be bothered building another jig, just use sacrificial pieces.
Correct. Some people just glue on additional sacrificial pieces on the front and back. Saves the juggling of three boards.
Have an extra long board, where the the ends (that are snipped) can be cut off
Hi what is the handle on top of the planer for
To lower and raise the cutting head.
So what do you have to do the depth handle you use for the thickness that you want to remove and the other leaver that goes across the top does what ?
@@johnallport-yv8hp you mean the red leaver across the cutting head? That's to lock the cutting head in position. So after you establish the depth you lock the cutting head with it in that position. I think you commented on my Titan thickness planer and you have one from Sip? I've explained that to you on the comment you left there.
@@CasualDIY ok thanks very much for all your help I am sorry to be a pest
I've ordered two cheap thicknesser's (from a Chinese shop) and still have got one, I can't afford any of the other ones I've seen.
Yes the Matebo was a bit of an investment. However a Triton one is not as expensive and quite good 👍
Thanks for not having annoying music. Information videos tend to have pointless & annoying music
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You didn’t explain the red lever that you have to switch left and right. What does that do?
It's a stop lock. Not all thicknessers got it. When you establish the depth of cut you lock the leaver preventing the cutting head to move up or down due to vibrations. However in honesty I hardly use it, never had an issue with the cutting block moving.
@@CasualDIY I find that when I put the wood through this machine, after one pass, if I reattempt to pass the same piece again, it doesn’t plane. I have to keep on move the thickenesser to the new thickness. Does this happen to you? I find it a bit annoying
@@effortlesssuccess2585 That's how it works, it takes material off your board each pass you need to lower the cutting head until you get to your desired thickness of the board. Not sure how you thought this machine works? Or I didn't understand you correctly
@@CasualDIY I thought I can get a few pass in without adjusting. But apparently not. Thanks for the answers.
@@effortlesssuccess2585 that's not how this machine works, if you set up depth of cut and you do the pass it will remove that much material so to take more material you need to lower the cutting head.