Finally warm enough to work in the shop!

[mn pete]

I was finally able to get back out into the workshop last night, after two weeks of pretty cold temps here in Minnesota. I’m prepping stock for the next run of boxes I’m making. Check it out...

http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/02/dont-let-old-man-winter-get-you-down.html

I’m looking to work in a few smaller boxes on the side as I’m building the Doug Stowe designed boxes and have these small, book matched pieces of Marblewood and Bubinga.

I’ll need to plane these down to a 3/8 inch thickness and I don’t have a drum sander. I’m thinking of ganging them together, back to back, but I’m concerned about that little hop you often get when running shorter pieces through the planer.

Any thoughts or advice on planning such short stock?

[AcornHouse]

I was finally able to get back out into the workshop last night, after two weeks of pretty cold temps here in Minnesota. I’m prepping stock for the next run of boxes I’m making. Check it out...

http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2011/02/dont-let-old-man-winter-get-you-down.html

I’m looking to work in a few smaller boxes on the side as I’m building the Doug Stowe designed boxes and have these small, book matched pieces of Marblewood and Bubinga.

I’ll need to plane these down to a 3/8 inch thickness and I don’t have a drum sander. I’m thinking of ganging them together, back to back, but I’m concerned about that little hop you often get when running shorter pieces through the planer.

Any thoughts or advice on planning such short stock?

Its an extra step, but you can glue longer sacrificial pieces on either side and the long pieces will take the snipe.