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<font size=3>At 07:41 AM 05/24/2001 -0400, you wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>Looking for recommendations for purchasing a
thickness planer. I am in the<br>
midst of rebuilding a keybed on an old Knabe grand and the keybed ends
were<br>
constructed like a sandwich - hardwoods on the top and bottom and
softwood<br>
on the inside - and I gotta do some exacto planing on my replacement
lumber.<br>
<br>
I have only a small shop and have no significant plans of expanding. I
would<br>
have only occasional use for the planer. What do ya'll recommend
regarding<br>
size and quality. Will a Crapsman do for me? What size should be
sufficient<br>
(I believe they are sold by the width of board they will plane)? How
does<br>
quality affect the cut surface of a piece of hardwood? Obviously I need
to<br>
be able to send a piece of oak or hard maple through
it.</blockquote><br>
ShopSmith<br>
<a href="http://www.shopsmith.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.shopsmith.com</a><br>
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I have been using mine forever...<br>
Add-ons I use: bandsaw, jointer, planer<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
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Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
<a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a><br>
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