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A couple of things in this thread concern me.In the first post our enquirer mentions having no idea how short a piece can be fed through the machine.I would suggest he reflects for a moment on quite how the piece will be propelled through the machine when it is beyond the point of contact with the infeed roller and not yet at the outfeed roller.It will also,quite obviously be beyond the reach of the pressure bars at the same point in it's journey...The CNC router option makes it simpler to produce a toolpath that will be located the correct distance above the lower surface of the blank.Keeping the workpiece firmly located on that surface will need to be achieved.For a handfull of parts I would cut a piece of 6mm ply to about a couple of inches longer than the width of the blank and fasten it to the bench with a couple of panel pins and then use my (well fettled,of course!) hand plane.
A couple of things in this thread concern me.In the first post our enquirer mentions having no idea how short a piece can be fed through the machine.I would suggest he reflects for a moment on quite how the piece will be propelled through the machine when it is beyond the point of contact with the infeed roller and not yet at the outfeed roller.It will also,quite obviously be beyond the reach of the pressure bars at the same point in it's journey...
The CNC router option makes it simpler to produce a toolpath that will be located the correct distance above the lower surface of the blank.Keeping the workpiece firmly located on that surface will need to be achieved.
For a handfull of parts I would cut a piece of 6mm ply to about a couple of inches longer than the width of the blank and fasten it to the bench with a couple of panel pins and then use my (well fettled,of course!) hand plane.
