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The Dewalt Planner
For example, if your replacing a wooden slat on a porch swing. You really don't want to use one inch lumber for this do to weight and appearance. So you run the one inch board through your Dewalt planner an dress it down to to about one half inch or five eighths inch. Then you take it to your Dewalt table saw and rip it into strips for the desired width. You can then go back to your Dewalt planner and dress the edges to get that nice smooth finished edge. Now you have the exact size slat you needed to fix your swing. It's that simple, and much cheaper than buying a new swing. On the aspect of being cheaper lets talk about how the Dewalt planner can save you some money. If you have been to the local hardware store you know that the price of lumber is not cheap. If you have access to a local saw mill or lumber dry kilns, buying rough cut lumber is the way to go. Most saw mills will sell small orders to individuals at a much cheaper price than you can get at at the store.You can then finish it yourself using your Dewalt planner. If used for this purpose your Dewalt planner will pay for itself in no time at all. This is something to think about if there is a lumber yard nearby. A tip to help make your Dewalt planner last longer. Set the depth gauge to take about one sixteenth of an inch per pass, so not to overload the motor. Keeping the knives sharp will also help with this to. Safety tip: never stand directly in line with the board your running through your Dewalt planner. The knives could catch a hard knot and cause the board to kick back and hit you. Always stand off to one side. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Gary Brown is the author for MisterPowerTool.com. You can find this article along with a variety of dewalt power tools on our website. |
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