Thread: Snipe from Thicknesser

One of the commonly published workarounds for snipe is to glue a couple of longer strips to the edges of the work so that they extend either end and run the composite component through to final thickness, then saw/joint the sacrificials of the edges.

Sounds like what you did.

Originally Posted by malb

One of the commonly published workarounds for snipe is to glue a couple of longer strips to the edges of the work so that they extend either end and run the composite component through to final thickness, then saw/joint the sacrificials of the edges.

Sounds like what you did.

I have not seen anything on this previously, but I did not glue the sacraficial bits on to my work piece, they just travelled through with the work bit, just as they would if you were thicknessing strips together.

Any sacraficial bits would need to hang out either end by at least 100mm, depending on the thicknesser you use.

My effort was a quick thought, and a one up experiment for me.

I guess that if one had a long piece to do the you could use 4 bits and hold the first two as they start to go through the thickensser, and then feed two end bits as the tail come up. Sounds cumbersome I think.

Of course, you only need to do this type of thing on the last one or two runs through the thicknesser as yu get to your final thickness.

Sounds like a good idea Black Bear - but I do have a worry about the possibility of kick back if the auxilliary pieces were not quite as thick as the main piece and did not get held down well by the feed roller or the anti-kickback pawls. I never had kickback on my thicknesser but I always stand slightly to one side just to be sure )