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Heads up: pine with hidden knots almost jammed my planer... caught it by feeling for bumps before feeding.
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rowan1287mo ago
My dumb hands would have missed those bumps and just sent it.
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butler.abby7mo ago
Well, @rowan128, you're not the only one with dumb hands in the shop. Last week, I fed a piece of oak without checking and it sounded like a gunshot when the knot hit. The planer survived, but my pride took a real hit. Now I run my hands over every board like I'm reading braille, even on the clear ones. It's slow, but better than digging wood chips out of the ceiling.
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parker2517mo ago
But what if all that checking is just making you too slow? I mean, @butler.abby, machines like planers are meant to eat wood, knots and all. That gunshot noise is just the tool doing its job, not a sign you did something wrong. Feeling every inch turns a quick task into a whole project. Maybe trusting the gear and moving fast is better than always waiting for trouble.
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