Ramirez Bass Guitars: Safe-T-Planer fun

Using the Safe-T-Planer to free hand thickness some bodies

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Howto & Style

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• ramirez
• custom
• bass
• guitars
• safe-t-planer
• wagner
• safety
• planer

[Bertziethegreat]

That is a ridiculously thick body blank.

[willramirez75]

@Bertziethegreat That's why I'm taking it down with the planer ;)

[WarcraftStabbing]

You should take this down. That is insanely dangerous to let your hand get so close to the cutting surface. You may have experience doing this but others watching it may not and could try to emulate your method and get hurt.

[willramirez75]

@WarcraftStabbing this is my method, I can't be made responsible for anyone on the internet not using their own common sense. This is provided as documentation on how I do things, not as be all end all technique log on guitar building.

[shuttervox]

This is strangely satisfying to watch... anyway, I am a piano rebuilder, and thinking about buying one of these and building a jig to thin piano hammers. What RPM is this running at? Do you think it would cleanly cut compressed felt?

[willramirez75]

@shuttervox I don't know about the felt. I run it at 6k rpm, follow instructions included with the tool.

[guitarslf132]

Could u not just put a straight router bit in the drill???

[Landeros2286]

Hello! a question as it is called the bit you are using? Excellent video. Congratulations!

[1stetson57]

Do you have up and down play in the drill press? Mine does and it seems to make the planer chatter and cut roughly. I have a good 3/16 inch up and down play in the drill press chuck.

[Bertziethegreat]

@willramirez75 You probably could have split the one piece in half and made 2 body blanks from each one.

[shuttervox]

@nickoneuk The problem with the belt sander method (which I presently use) is that the wood dust gets ground into the felt, leaving a very unprofessional looking stain.

If you get a set of hammers pre-tapered from a supply house, they use a table saw and a special jig. I would too, except I don't own a table saw.

[nickoneuk]

@shuttervox hi just read your comment and this tool would rough the felt up pretty bad enless you had it at a real fast speed but to thin a piano hammer(not sure why) you should use a belt sander thats how its done when the hammers are made in the factory, how do i know you may be asking well i worked making pianos for almost 20 years at hurrburger-brooks hope this helps :O)