Traditional planers use a pushing action. This planer, however, uses a pulling action and is often used on hardwood floors. Its function is, however, similar to traditional planers when it comes to smoothening out wood surfaces. If you are looking for a planer without the pushing action, t...
Jig and Fixture:Jig and fixturesare tools used to hold, support, and locate a workpiece during a machining operation. They are essential for ensuring precision and repeatability in machining processes. Programmable Logic Controller (PLC): A digital computer used for automation of electromechanical proc...
Woodworking 101: What Is a Wood planer? If you have caught the woodwork bug, you will be happy to know that you are in good company. Woodworking is a great activity to help you put in some physical activity, pass the time, make some income and even relieve stress. One of the essentia...
Planer-Type Milling Machine A planner mill is a simple setup that cuts flat surfaces on a workpiece perpendicular to the machine tool axis. These mills are most common in woodworking for creating finished timber. Planer mills are easy to operate and maintain due to their simple setup. C-Frame...
The table saw is often considered to be the heart of most woodworking shops but it can only perform a limited number of cutting operations. The table saw'sfenceis designed to be parallel to the blade, and the arrangement is well suited for cutting along the long dimension of a board (...
Maybe it is someone who makes the first copy of a piece of furniture that is going to be mass produced? The first version then becomes the “pattern” for the rest? The main skill of a pattern maker would be the ability to create a piece of complicated furniture that can be built as...
Birdseye maple, one of the rarest kinds of wood on the planet, has a distinctive pattern that looks like tiny, swirling eyes disrupting the smooth lines of grain. This isn't a variety or species of maple, but rather a phenomenon that occurs within several kinds of timber due to an ...
Manufacturing equipment is used in fabrication shops and serves a specific function in the shop. For example, planers are equipment used in achieving a flat surface in the workpiece, drills are used to make a hole in the workpiece and milling machines are used to obtain a specific shape on ...
How much should you sand after the grain is raised? Those cells or fibers that were pressed and ripped by the beating they take from even the finestjointerorplaner—or from dull sandpaper--are only a few cells deep. If you sand deeper than the damage, especially using dull sandpaper, you...
S2S –The board has been run through a planer producing two flat faces, but the edges are left rough. S3S –The board has been surfaced S2S first, then one edge is ripped straight (also known as SLR1E or straight line ripped one edge). ...