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type of planer

Postby clunk » Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:24 pm

what type of planer should i use for surfboards?
every planer in the market works?
i searched the web and the only thing i found was a planer from foam e-z site.

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Re: type of planer

Postby zfennell » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:48 pm

some ideas here:
http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1015939

search a bit more on swaylocks and you'll find a lot of opinions.

-bill

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Re: type of planer

Postby zmax » Sun Jun 06, 2010 5:29 pm

If your only planning on shaping a couple of boards you could save a couple hundred dollars by just using a sureform / cheese grater style hand planner. Just get a close tolerance blank and you won't need to take down that much of the thickness.
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