I have to say that I had a dislike to the electric hand planer, until I made this small jointer with it.
In this video I´ll show how to attach the planer to a wooden board, to use it as a jointer. That way I´ll work safely and I´ll joint wooden bars easily.
I will put the hand planer in such a way that the base is exactly at a 90º angle with the surface of the table.
I have a crosspiece to support the boards I use in my table, so I have to separate the hand planer from it.
I measure how much my crosspiece protrudes, and at that distance plus some millimeters, I draw a parallel line in the board where I will put the hand planer.
I put the electric hand planer with the opening to remove the shavings facing the board, and the protruding casing right in the parallel line we draw before.
With a pencil I draw the shape of the protruding casing that touches the board.
I can´t forget the opening to remove the shavings.
I enlarge the opening to remove the shavings drawing.
I draw a line one centimeter from the casing´s drawing.
I drill some holes, and I cut the shape of the casing with my jig saw.
The other line will help me to shape the hole with a rasp, so that the casing fits into it.
I shape the hole, and I check how fine the planer casing fits.
If I need to enlarge the inside hole, I rasp from below. That way I won´t chip the board.
At the end I had to connect both holes, so that the casing fits.
The metal sheet in the base, and the blades must touch the board. I must make sure that I can put the metal sheet at a 90 degrees angle, and parallel to the edge of the board.
I had to rasp one millimeter in the front of the planer.
Now it is parallel to the edge of the board.
I put a piece of wood below the handle, and I draw the contour.
Once again I use the rasp, to carve the shape of the handle in the block. I carve until I can put the planer at a 90 degrees angle with the board.
If I want a perfect fit I´ll need to use a chisel and sandpaper.
If I paint the hadle with a pencil, and I put it on the block, I can see where to remove more material.
I must be patient, removing material and checking, until the electric planer is at a perfect 90 degrees angle.
Once I have it at 90 degrees, I clamp the block to the board.
I must be careful to keep it in place while I clamp it.
I turn the board, and I fix the block with some screws.
I check again, and I realice that I need to remove some more material.
Now it is at a perfect 90 degrees angle. At least all the perfect my square is.
I draw the inside part of the handle in a small piece of wood
and I cut it.
With this small sheet of wood, and the piece I cut before, I nearly reach the hight of the handle. I put them in the inside part of the handle activating the trigger.
I make a couple of guide drills in the pieces of wood. I make the same in the other side of the handle
and I screw them.
I´ll screw a piece of wood on them.
In the front of the electric planer I have a hole to install a guide. I mark the board using a screwdriver through that hole.
And I drill a 6mm hole.
I insert a 6mm threaded rod in the planer hole. I put the planer in place inserting the threaded rod in the hole in the board.
I put a washer and a blocking nut, both in the side of the planer and below the board
and I tighten them.
I check that the depth regulation works.
I put the piece of wood on the handle. It swings, to make sure it will press the handle when I screw it.
I make sure the electric planer is perfectly fixed to the board.
I screw the board to the table frame. That way I can use it as a planer with my sliding guide (my sliding fence).
I routed the grooves the same way I did in the table, just because I thought I would need them to move the sliding guide. Later I realized that in my case I don´t need the grooves in this board.
I made a couple of mortises in the crosspiece, and I screwed there two hinges.
The hinges must be even with the top of the crosspiece.
I put the board with the electric planer on the table frame, and I screw the hinges from below.
Now, if I remove the screws, I can put the board vertical
and I can use the planer as a jointer.
I must clamp the board to the legs.
I can´t forget to use a safety switch to turn it on and off.
Thanks for watching!!