Grip tape for planer profiler

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kirol
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Grip tape for planer profiler

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We were tired of our wood slipping around when profiling our cores so we through 2 peices of grip tape (available at your local skateboard shop for $5) on the wedge and walla no more slipping!

Here is what the surface now looks like:

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Kipkirol,
Great idea! Here is another option for keeping the core attached, I use a drop of hot glue on each corner (core is not trimmed to shape) and this seem to work good also.
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be careful with the griptape, I have destroyed several planner blades that way.
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i`d love to get such a planer! but it`s nearly impossible in switzerland, such tools are 10times more expensive than anywhere else. and importing one is not worth it because then i had to pay huge fees for stupid things like custom duties and shit like that...

and nice idea with the griptape by the way ;)
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endre wrote:be careful with the griptape, I have destroyed several planner blades that way.
The planer should never come close to touching the grip tape if you do this right.
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kipkirol wrote:
endre wrote:be careful with the griptape, I have destroyed several planner blades that way.
The planer should never come close to touching the grip tape if you do this right.
if you want a soft tip you have to come pretty close in the ends, (around 2mm) and if you make a mistake like using a too short core in the crib, those 2mm suddently seem very short.

I didn't meen to be negative, it's a great way to secure the core in a planer, I have been doing the same ting:
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ight=#3353
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endre wrote:
kipkirol wrote:
endre wrote:be careful with the griptape, I have destroyed several planner blades that way.
The planer should never come close to touching the grip tape if you do this right.
if you want a soft tip you have to come pretty close in the ends, (around 2mm) and if you make a mistake like using a too short core in the crib, those 2mm suddently seem very short.

I didn't meen to be negative, it's a great way to secure the core in a planer, I have been doing the same ting:
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... ight=#3353

yeah, thats a very good point, maybe if we peeled the grip tape a couple of inches off the front
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