I've got a bunch of pine shelving boards that are painted white. It would be nice to clean the paint off with the planer and use them for drawer sides.
Is this bad for the planer? How about the knives?
Brian
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I've got a bunch of pine shelving boards that are painted white. It would be nice to clean the paint off with the planer and use them for drawer sides.
Is this bad for the planer? How about the knives?
Brian
The significant problems we encounter cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
The penalty for inaccuracy is more work
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Hey blades are made to be resharpened. I am not saying the paint will dull them more than wood, but isn't that the worst that can happen? Nails under the paint might be a further consideration, though.
18th century nut --- Carl
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I do it all the time. Planers, jointers, tablesaws, etc., are stupid. They don't care.
The ONLY consideration, other than hitting hardware, would be removing lead based paint. For that, throw it away.
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Send em through!!
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Thanks guys!
Just didn't want to Gum Up The Works so to speak
Brian
The significant problems we encounter cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
The penalty for inaccuracy is more work
In Memoriam
Nails are real bad!
"All great work starts with love .... then it is no longer work"
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LOL! I thnk Todd runs plywood through his planer, too!
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Shoot yeah, Chris! MDF too. I haven't run any cardboard through. Yet.
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Hmmm.....Masonite?Originally Posted by Todd Burch
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Benito Juarez
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Why not! It's a "wood product"!
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You mean you can"t????
Gary
Bluegrass - Finger Pickin Good!
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Gary, yes, you can run wood, plywood, MDF, masonite, particleboard, strawboard, etc... through a planer.
Now, as far as the effect of the glue on the knives, or the quicker dulling, etc. - that's a consequence.
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Use a set of crappy/dull/pitted knives for planing plywood, MDF, masonite, particleboard, strawboard, cardboard, reams of paper, etc.
Save a good set of knives for when you really care about what you are planing.
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