Thin Stock and the Vanishing Dog

[Graham Haydon]

My redneck approach https://www.faceedgewoodworking.com/blog/planing-tip

[Jim Koepke]

Lots of winning solutions for sure. I need to make up a few of the examples shown and give them a road test. The sandpaper on the sliding planing stop is a particularly good idea.

Yes, that is one of the great things that happens here when one spur of the moment solution brings out a dozen more from folks who have had similar problems.

My redneck approach https://www.faceedgewoodworking.com/blog/planing-tip

It never occurred to me there might be rednecks in the United Kingdom. Sounds like a movie title.

jtk

[Graham Haydon]

Jim, it's amazing how we adopt phrases. It was the most polite way I could describe myself 😉.

[Jim Braun]

I also use a planing stop but when the pieces get very thin then a small amount of double sided tape helps. Don't use too much and apply perpendicular to grain direction.

[Prashun Patel]

For thin, flexible / long stock (e.g., planing sides for an acoustic guitar) , planing against a stop can sometimes cause buckling for me. In this case, I use the common technique of applying blue tape to both the bench and the bottom of the stock, and then ca-gluing the stock to the bench.

[Mark Rainey]

For thin, flexible / long stock (e.g., planing sides for an acoustic guitar) , planing against a stop can sometimes cause buckling for me. In this case, I use the common technique of applying blue tape to both the bench and the bottom of the stock, and then ca-gluing the stock to the bench.

Interesting approach. A bit easier to remove than double stick tape that can cause a thin board to crack upon removal sometimes

[Prashun Patel]

Just beware with the blue tape to support the piece completely to minimize flex.

[Rob Luter]

I hacked together a sticking board today using a scrap piece of melamine, an offcut, and a hacksaw blade on a small riser as a toothed stop. The second iteration will incorporate Derek's adjustable fence. I've been looking for a workholding solution for cutting grooves with my small plow plane and his setup looks like the ticket.

It works really nice with thin stock and is good down to about 1/8 thickness. The hacksaw blade grips the wood very securely but doesn't mark it up. I may try to come up with a full width stop bar that's height adjustable.

I just screwed a little cleat to the bottom to hook the bench