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Philip Peak
12/6/2025 6:11 PM

That’s what I thought, not a great idea. I am on the east side almost to Lawrence. I’ll contact Patrick Meyers and see if he’ll let stop by and run it through his drum sander.

Mike Hamilton
12/6/2025 5:57 PM
What dimensions we talking here?  And how out-of-flat?
I’d be tempted to use a hand plane and a thickness sander.  If you’re west side, you can use my sander. 

Mike Hamilton
Jeff Greenberg
12/6/2025 5:45 PM
I’d be worried that the cross grain piece will chip out if you run it through a planer.  The long grain piece will be fine but the cross grain will not.
Safer to do with a sander, a router on a flattening sled or with a hand plane.
Jeff Greenberg
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Philip Peak
12/6/2025 4:45 PM

I have a cross shaped piece that I need flattened but all I have is a planer. I checked it and it will fit but I am not sure if it is fairly safe to run it through so I thought I would ask the experts here. What do you think?
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