{"id":290,"date":"2020-06-24T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T23:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=290"},"modified":"2022-05-27T19:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T23:32:53","slug":"common-operations-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/chapter\/common-operations-3\/","title":{"raw":"Common Operations","rendered":"Common Operations"},"content":{"raw":"There are a few jigs that are commonly used with the planer. These include backers that are used for planing bevels and chamfers, and carriers that allow for planing tapers.\r\n<h3>Planing bevels and chamfers<\/h3>\r\nBackers are usually designed to be stationary in the machine. A ledger strip that bears against the infeed table can be affixed to the edge of the jig, preventing it from being pulled into the planer, or clamps can be used to secure the jig to the table. Long strips of material are attached to the backer that supports the workpiece at the desired orientation in the planer. Once the jig is in place, the workpiece is fed through as normal. The jig should be designed to avoid making contact with the cutterhead.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_344\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-344 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Bevel jig for the planer, clamped to the bed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/> Bevel jig for the planer[\/caption]\r\n\r\nTo plane tapers, the jig must move with the workpiece so a carrier is required. It is constructed similarly to a backer, but must include a back stop to prevent the workpiece from being pulled off the end of the carrier.","rendered":"<p>There are a few jigs that are commonly used with the planer. These include backers that are used for planing bevels and chamfers, and carriers that allow for planing tapers.<\/p>\n<h3>Planing bevels and chamfers<\/h3>\n<p>Backers are usually designed to be stationary in the machine. A ledger strip that bears against the infeed table can be affixed to the edge of the jig, preventing it from being pulled into the planer, or clamps can be used to secure the jig to the table. Long strips of material are attached to the backer that supports the workpiece at the desired orientation in the planer. Once the jig is in place, the workpiece is fed through as normal. The jig should be designed to avoid making contact with the cutterhead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-344 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Bevel jig for the planer, clamped to the bed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1017\/2020\/06\/Bevel-jig-for-the-planer.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bevel jig for the planer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To plane tapers, the jig must move with the workpiece so a carrier is required. It is constructed similarly to a backer, but must include a back stop to prevent the workpiece from being pulled off the end of the carrier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":954,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-290","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":146,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/954"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290\/revisions\/595"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/146"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/woodworkingmachinery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}