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Thought we`d try our hand at making one of these and by golly it works pretty good.

Thanks Larry, ya feed it against rotation and not to deep of a cut and seems to go fine.

Thanks Jim, can carry it but the shop is so full of dust now it don`t matter, gets to bad i get the leaf blower out and blow it out the door.

Ya gotta tie a few things down but it will clear the dust out. 

Thanks Jan, maybe later today i have a couple more things i want to do to it first. 

That's neat! 

Thanks for the vid Lenn, looks like it does a fine job that one.


I really like it, and will consider setting up something similar, if my present dream of a dedicated combi planer doesnīt come through soon.


However, with the risk of being named the do-gooder of the month here...
To me the risk of it spitting out a piece of wood is definitely there, should a really hard point in the wood or even a hidden ingrown nail come up, so please do remember to keep the "line of fire" clear.
I would consider adding some adjustable "feather boards" to hold/steer the workpiece, thereīs some fancy ones available at Amazon i believe, and (whenever possible) use a push stick when handling the workpiece from the feeding side.