<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/15/2008 4:37:06 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, rnossaman@cox.net writes:</DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  I Have  huge cabinet shop nearby & they have a massive panel sander. Also With the panel joining set up I have they come out quite flat.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>    Final thickness is another matter. I have thinned the panels on the top side with a 3 horse Freud plunge router.  The router has a huge 2 inch bit that quickly  takes  off the unwanted thickness.  The router is fastened to a large flat piece of Plexiglas. I start at one end & just run it back and forth till I get to the other end. I intentionally leave slight ridges untouched by the pit & the Plexiglas utilizes them to finding a platform to ride on.  Make sense ...or no? At that point it looks rather frightening...Yikes! however an hour with the sander & it's looking quite respectable.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>   Dale</EM></STRONG><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>Jude, Dale,<BR>How are you guys final thicknessing your panels after glue up?<BR>Ron N</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. <A title="http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565" href="http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565" target="_blank">AOL Music takes you there.</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>