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Continuation of making (more) Kapla blocks. I first tried to use the two remaining split treads from the ladder. All was going well until I resawed them to pre-planing thickness before planing them to width, making them too thin to plan for width (see photo). I discarded them at first and went of with making a much larger batch out of a very nice, clear, straight grained Douglas fir 2x4. Almost was a shame to use it for this.
So, after slicing and planing up the nice 2x4, I came back to the discarded tread strips and thought I could salvage them if I ganged them together and pinned them so they could not tip over in the planer. I am posting to ask if this is a feasible and safe thing to do. Photo shows the groupings I plan to do. The two groups of six are just convenient groupings for pinning with 1/4" dowels on the ends. The small group of three have rounded corners, on one corner, and those corners need to be trimmed/planed down to finish width, prior planing each strip to thickness.
I plan on pinning each group laterally near the ends with 1/4" dowels and leave a little sticking out of each side. This is to prevent individual strips from tipping over while going through the planer. Any reasons why I should not do this?
Rick
So, after slicing and planing up the nice 2x4, I came back to the discarded tread strips and thought I could salvage them if I ganged them together and pinned them so they could not tip over in the planer. I am posting to ask if this is a feasible and safe thing to do. Photo shows the groupings I plan to do. The two groups of six are just convenient groupings for pinning with 1/4" dowels on the ends. The small group of three have rounded corners, on one corner, and those corners need to be trimmed/planed down to finish width, prior planing each strip to thickness.
I plan on pinning each group laterally near the ends with 1/4" dowels and leave a little sticking out of each side. This is to prevent individual strips from tipping over while going through the planer. Any reasons why I should not do this?
Rick
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