Re: mini thicknesser

Grizzly tool also offers sucha device.
It is ued in a drill press to act like a plainer.
www.grizzly.com


model # G4821 for 39.95

and I have never used one, so cannot say if it works.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Keith Rumley" <DSCadCam@y...> wrote:
> There is a tool used in pattern making that does something like
this, called
> a surfacer. The one I'm thinking about is called a Wagner Safe-T-
Planer.
>
> It works chucked up in a 1/2" chuck drill press, 2000 to 6000 rpm.
It cuts
> 3 1/8" in diameter, and you can take about 1/4" off at a time max. I
> personally would take less, but that's the spec. The cutter blades
are
> removeable, and are made so they can be re-ground many times. A
really slick
> little tool.
>
> Think something along the lines of a side cutting horizontal mill
cutter on
> its' side, the shank side covered, with a large 'heel' behind each
tooth
> that keeps it from grabbing the part.
>
> The Kindt-Collins Company has them (1-800-321-3170)
>
> They also have their own make surfacer tools that have carbide
teeth.
>
> - Keith
>
> ($60 or so for the Wagner if I remember correctly)
>
>
> > >
> > > So where does one go to purchase a mini desktop thicknesser, or
how
> > > would one go about fabricating one?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > keongsan
> >