Planing Thin Strips

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[MakeSomething]

I have not seen this technique! Awesome!

[DavidColley_SouthernGrain]

Is that a Festool drum set back there?  Sweet!

[Bob.Silverstein]

I wish I had watched this video 2 hours ago :) for the first time ever, I was planing some strips that were about 3/16" and on the first piece I fed in, I got a small, but jarring kickback (which has never happened to me with a planer before! holy $#!+). the kickback hit the tips of all my fingers, and it took me 10 seconds to be convinced that I hadn't actually injured myself (thankfully i had not). further experimentation was done with a push block to feed, rather than my hand -- but the results were still more of the "wood chipper" variety, rather than "planer" variety. Now that I know this recommendation, I'll give it a try the next time this task comes up. Thank you for posting it (8 years ago)!!

[Avengerx]

As always, another great video. Oh yeah, and I dig the ocarina on the wall in the back.

[TheMarcball]

thanks,
sharp cheap fast tip, keep 'em coming, chief !
and keep on trucking !

[Mistrblank]

You read my mind... this was something I was wondering about just yesterday and decided to look for today.

[tooljunkie]

Cool! Now i Can make my own edge band with this !
Thanks for sharing this marc!

[johnabbey]

Cool. I've been trying to find a way to do this. I don't have the money for a drum sander but would love to have one. I do have a planer and I'm going to try this technique!

[wallyg]

What shellac do you use? And do you use varnish?

[williambranham]

ONE OF MY MANY PROBLEM SOLVED.
THANKS
DOC
MEBANE, NC

[mvecellio]

I use this method to plane my ukulele sides to 3/32 of an inch.  I glue the 4 corners with Titebond to an unsealed piece of plywood then trim off the ends.  Thanks for showing the tip.

[SeanRubino]

I've planed strips down to just under 1/16" thick before the planer mangled the leading end.  That was just by lifting the trailing end as the piece went into the planer and then lifting the end coming out.  I'll have to try this out and see if my planer will allow me to get strips even thinner.

[mskulls]

Hi Marc
I have been watching allot of your videos. Other than your shop and equipment that looks awesome you never do furniture builds other than a quick flash here and there. The furniture you produce looks really good! Make a video on building the entire rocking chair pls.

[woodrat]

Great tips. Thank You! Is that you playing the drums in the background? If it is, you play very well!

[AlanW]

You can also use 2 pieces of masking tape CAd back to back to create 'double sided' tape, and use that to adhere the strip to the backer.

[walterrider]

thank you Mark i was wondering if that would work

[kimchee]

I've done it with the thick board stationary with thin pieces slide under. No glue needed.

[tjbalistic]

"I don't know how thin you could get this."
<What a cop out!>
"So let's find out!"
<That's the spirit!!!>

[KingBrolesław]

DRUMS! I've heard you can put regular masking tape on both surfaces and superglue between them instead of double sided tape. I would imagine that might work well for this purpose should you need to go very thin.

[johnsobj]

What type(s)/brand(s) of CA glue do you use and where do you get it?