| An essential Dewalt power tool for a serious | | | | the Dewalt planner can save you some money. If |
| woodworking enthusiast is the Dewalt planner. The | | | | you have been to the local hardware store you |
| reason I say that is, most wood working patterns | | | | know that the price of lumber is not cheap. If you |
| require thicknesses that may be hard to find at the | | | | have access to a local saw mill or lumber dry kilns, |
| local supply store. With a Dewalt planner and a few | | | | buying rough cut lumber is the way to go. Most saw |
| passes, you can have the exactthickness you need | | | | mills will sell small orders to individuals at a much |
| for the project at hand. | | | | cheaper price than you can get at at the store.You |
| For example, if your replacing a wooden slat on a | | | | can then finish it yourself using your Dewalt planner. |
| porch swing. You really don't want to use one inch | | | | If used for this purpose your Dewalt planner will pay |
| lumber for this do to weight and appearance. So you | | | | for itself in no time at all. This is something to think |
| run the one inch board through your Dewalt planner | | | | about if there is a lumber yard nearby. |
| an dress it down to to about one half inch or five | | | | A tip to help make your Dewalt planner last longer. |
| eighths inch. Then you take it to your Dewalt table | | | | Set the depth gauge to take about one sixteenth of |
| saw and rip it into strips for the desired width. You | | | | an inch per pass, so not to overload the motor. |
| can then go back to your Dewalt planner and dress | | | | Keeping the knives sharp will also help with this to. |
| the edges to get that nice smooth finished edge. | | | | Safety tip: never stand directly in line with the board |
| Now you have the exact size slat you needed to fix | | | | your running through your Dewalt planner. The knives |
| your swing. It's that simple, and much cheaper than | | | | could catch a hard knot and cause the board to kick |
| buying a new swing. | | | | back and hit you. Always stand off to one side. |
| On the aspect of being cheaper lets talk about how | | | | |