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Old 08-30-2018, 08:47 AM
charles Tauber charles Tauber is offline
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Originally Posted by John Arnold View Post
Nope. I have planed to 0.060" with no sled. As I mentioned, the Ryobi AP-10 (long out of production) is the only portable planer I have seen that will do it. The secret is the closeness of the infeed/outfeed rollers to the cutter head.
Any experience with planing with helical/segmented cutters? I wonder if they would allow work that thin.

I put a helical cutter head on my jointer and it's a night and day difference on difficult/figured woods. (Quieter, too.)
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