Planer Sparks?

[bobbyrobie]

I recently started using bamboo sidewalls and have been noticing sparks coming from the bamboo areas which i find really strange. Anyone else have this issue? using a planer jig to profile my cores. The blades seem to be fine when examining them and don't appear to be contacting anything.

[falls]

Bamboo is pretty hard so it might be just friction?

The floorboards use a laquer conatining aluminium. I don't know what type of glue they use to laminate them. It might be possible that the glue holding what I assume is a laminated bamboo for your sidewalls, is causing the sparks?

[heliski989]

Aluminum = non ferrous = no sparks

thats a hard one

[skidesmond]

hhhmmm..... Is it possible there is minerals/dirt in the bamboo? It's a fast growing grass. When cutting down trees, the lower in the trunc of the tree the more dirt/minerals there are and the chain saw dulls quickly. Just wondering if that's what you could be seeing combined w/ the high speed of the spinning planer blades. Just a thought.

[bobbyrobie]

Well i think i figured it out... Im quite positive it was hitting some sand paper that had lifted off my crib and that is what may have been causing the sparks.