iDRY Vacuum Kilns

Sponsors:

Planer bed

Started by RK Ron, August 09, 2007, 09:58:45 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

RK Ron

Gentlemen,
The bride left to run errands this evening, so I lit out to the shop w/paste wax to coat the planer bed.  As I'm rubbin' it in, I noticed why I never had reason to use this stuff.  Seems there are enough deep gouges in the bed to cause it to "break" any friction build-up w/the boards- sorta like what you'd see on the sole of a smoothing hand plane. 
Soo..  why don't some ingenious manufacturer "groove" the beds of their planers, breaking the surface friction and sliding easier through the machine?  (remember me when your buried in royalties)
RKRon

flip

Only reason that comes to my mind is that too much "stuff" would build up in the grooves and act more like a brake or drag on the board...unless the grooves were open on the bottom ???
Timberking B-20, Hydraulics make me board quick

Larry

Sorta like the bottom on this Bailey #8?



Great idea and with the right marketing might be a killer.  Then again your idea might be a 100 years to late. ;D :D ;D :D
Larry, making useful and beautiful things out of the most environmental friendly material on the planet.

We need to insure our customers understand the importance of our craft.

Thank You Sponsors!