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21st July 2017, 12:08 AM #16
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21st July 2017, 05:16 PM #17Taking a break
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Here you go. Sideways on the left, normal on the right. Timber is radiata pine, head is a SHELIX, depth of cut was about 1.5mm
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Closeup of sideways
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Closeup of normal
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21st July 2017, 07:29 PM #18
Thanks for that Elan.
The Shelix normal looks more like confetti doesn't it !
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21st July 2017, 08:35 PM #19SENIOR MEMBER
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Put some Sheoak thru the thicknesser today ,nice and soft.
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The original picture looks just like what I end up after 8 hours of trying to use my cheap hand plane on my assembly table on casters on a good day. But don't tell anyone...
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25th July 2017, 01:07 PM #21
I get dozens of garbage bags of it at a time to dispose of out of my workshop. People with chook houses like it. Gardeners are also keen to take it. See if you can find a local wood turner. I expect they would be happy to give you some, but you may need to separate out the fine dust from the curlies.
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25th July 2017, 01:09 PM #22
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25th July 2017, 01:24 PM #23
Dont get me wrong, I can generate sawdust by the bag like the best here! (I just ordered 20 more bags for the DC last night from H&F)....
What Im after is neat spaghetti
Nice and long, free of dust and reasonably "bouncy".
I think the toothed plane is the best option... if I get an old plane blade and dremel it with 2mm or 3mm wide combs, I'd say this might get me close.
The idea of using pre-cut veneers is a good one. I saw a video of a dude in india using his big machine doing exactly that. He wadded sheets into 5-inch thick sheaves and fed it in sideways... the machine positively spewed out wool.
The other idea, is of course, to make several boards 5mm wide, clamp them together and simply plane them with a moderate thickness set on the blade....
Its not rocket science and sure it can be bought by the bag, but I was hoping not to have yet-another-bag-of-something in the studio.... when I make one of my Robots or Doggos, I'd like to get some pine, zing off a few fistfulls of straw and pack them in for shipping.
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25th July 2017, 11:10 PM #24
Its simple to make! Efficient? Well that's another matter.
Simply cut thick veneers, say 3mm radiata pine, on the bandsaw; stack them three or four wide, or how many you think you can handle in one pass with extra an Weetbix or two and clamp in a bench vice; then use a hand plane like a Stanley No. 5 with a coarse setting and plane away. If you only want some for presentation or display purposes it saves having to store a box of the stuff so that the cockroaches, silverfish and other critters can have a field day.
One thing to keep in mind - if you are posting items packed in "wood wool" overseas you will quite likely run into problems with quarantine declarations. Finished wood items are generally OK, but raw wood waste is another matter.Mobyturns
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