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Planing Fine Thicknesses
Oct 25, 2005
I recently had to plane some Brazilian rosewood to a thickness of 3/64 in. To prevent the work from shattering in the planer, I double-taped the rosewood to a piece of 3/4-in. particleboard as a carrier.
Max M. Kline, Saluda, N.C.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, October 1988 No. 72
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