[TheForge] J. S. Wheeler metal planer

[David E. Smucker]

Planners and shapers are great for dealing with flat surface of materials 
that work harden.  (Much better that milling cutters -- it is the nature of 
the single point tool.)  As Jim notes you may want to try carbine tooling.

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Binnion" <jbin at well.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] J. S. Wheeler metal planer


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> On Jul 27, 2007, at 11:14 AM, PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
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>> One other  thought. Does anyone know if that old planer would work for
>> re-surfacing anvils?
>
> Should work just fine with a carbide tipped tool.
>
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
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