Hello Everyone, 

 I almost forgot to post today's quiz so here we go; What are seven ways to whip snipe when using the planer?

Well according to Wood Magazine "experts" here's their recommendations

 

"Snipe Hunting"

sharp correctly set cutters...

Add a work supports to the infeed and outfeed sides to keep the wood level...

elevate the far ends of the infeed and outfeed supports....

run scrap pieces in front of and behind your good work piece ...

use carriers for thinner more flexible pieces.....

use long support rails on either side of the piece to be planed.......

lift on the back end of a board....This helps to keep the front end of the board down on the table...

you’ll need to lift up on the end on the way out as well. ...

adjust the infeed and outfeed rollers tighter than what was there from the factory... set up the roller pressure all the same....

coplaner your infeed and outfeed tables....

 

 

Dave whipped this one right off the bat

Dave, you are on the ball and you even have the correct issue that this one came from 234 on page 32.

 

Stick also had the correct information. 

 

Thanks guys for chiming in.

4 minutes ago, Ralph Allen Jones said:

Dave, you are on the ball and you even have the correct issue that this one came from 234 on page 32.

Don't become accustomed to it Ralph  I'd just re-read this article not too long ago...actually stumbled upon it from another tip I had been reading...

So it was kind of like I was near the front of the line when the gates opened... I'm really not that smart... Just knew where to look...

On small (12-13") lunch box planers, snipe can be almost totally eliminated by placing a 6 or 7 foot length of big box laminated selving through the planer. Sort of an auxiliary bed. A strip of wood on the infeed bottom registers against the planer bed.

I find no need to lift either end of the stock.

And, in most cases, the stock doesn't need to be caught on the outfeed side.

 

 

Edited January 8, 20179 yr by Gene Howe

Gene, I beg to differ with you on this one for if you don't provide some support on the out feed side and the board clears the in feed rollers it will snipe every time.

Ralph, my aux board is 7' with 4' of it at the out feed. It's very rare for me to plane stock so long as to need support beyond the 4'. When it's necessary though, roller stands are used to good effect. About 6' is max without the roller stands.

Stock longer than 12' gets to be problematic, though. First is space and second is...I'm not as young as I used to be.

 

 

Run stock six inches longer than needed and cut three inches off each end.

2 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Run stock six inches longer than needed and cut three inches off each end.

This works, but it can get expensive with 6" of waste material in each board length

23 hours ago, It Was Al B said:

This works, but it can get expensive with 6" of waste material in each board length

 

Most of the stock bought has to be cut to size.  Plane the stock and then cut it.

I just don't use mine, use the drum sander instead.

Herb