The planer is the second step after the jointer to convert rough wood stock into usable pieces that are flat, straight, and square. The planer is used to flatten and parallel the second face of a board in reference to a jointed face. Mechanically it’s more complicated than a jointer, but functionally it’s simpler. A flattened board is placed on the planer table and fed in. The machine’s feed roller grabs the board and pulls it through and past a rotating cutter head set above the table, which removes wood. After each pass the operator raises the table incrementally to take the wood to its final thickness. The thickness after each pass is determined by the distance from the table to the cutter head.
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Reserve Equipment
Existing MADE members have access to hourly equipment reservations.
RESERVE EQUIPMENT
8” wide. Min. ⅜” thick, min. 10” long.
Clearances
Clearances
Woodshop Access
Training
Training
Woodshop
Zones
Zones
Wood
Materials
Materials
$3/hour
Cost
Cost
Fequent Questions
- What should I bring when I reserve a slot in the woodshop?
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Bring your own wood, fasteners, hardware, any any other consumables when you use the woodshop at MADE. The shop provides a limited number of clamps and some basic hand tools, and there are some hand-held power tools available for checkout (orbital sander, jig saw, circular saw, etc.)