LFLondon
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- Dec 1, 2007
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- North Carolina
Need advice resurfacing a 20" X 40" cast iron wood planer bed .006 out-of-flat (job)
Need advice resurfacing a 20" X 40" cast iron wood planer bed .006 out-of-flat (job offering):
A friend with a furniture making company has a large wood planer with a worn bed. He needs it flattened. He either needs to find someone to do the work or find a way to do it in-house. He can remove the bed to do the work or leave it in place and remove all components above it for full access. Essentially, how would you go about resurfacing a 20" X 40" cast iron planer bed that is about .006" out of flat? The resulting surface has to be within .001" of perfectly flat [reason for that is that there are levelling rollers that stick up .001" above the bed]. He needs about 4-5 days turnaround to get the work done. Is there anyone within 500 miles of Chapel Hill NC USA who could do this job? Would facemilling it on a large mill produce a surface within the .001" tolerance? Should it be scraped? hand ground with diamond stones? wet-dry sandpaper? side grinder :=( belt grinder :=(. This is obviously a job for a planer.
Any help or offers to do the work would be appreciated. I'll put you in touch with my friend.
LFLondon
Need advice resurfacing a 20" X 40" cast iron wood planer bed .006 out-of-flat (job offering):
A friend with a furniture making company has a large wood planer with a worn bed. He needs it flattened. He either needs to find someone to do the work or find a way to do it in-house. He can remove the bed to do the work or leave it in place and remove all components above it for full access. Essentially, how would you go about resurfacing a 20" X 40" cast iron planer bed that is about .006" out of flat? The resulting surface has to be within .001" of perfectly flat [reason for that is that there are levelling rollers that stick up .001" above the bed]. He needs about 4-5 days turnaround to get the work done. Is there anyone within 500 miles of Chapel Hill NC USA who could do this job? Would facemilling it on a large mill produce a surface within the .001" tolerance? Should it be scraped? hand ground with diamond stones? wet-dry sandpaper? side grinder :=( belt grinder :=(. This is obviously a job for a planer.
Any help or offers to do the work would be appreciated. I'll put you in touch with my friend.
LFLondon