Portable Planer

  Some of my older house projects require the use of a portable planer to mill the wood to dimensions that are not in stock at the lumber yard.  In this case the customer wanted the original dimensions retained for her porches cedar railings.   The old porches original ballisters were 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 and the rail supports were 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 and 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 which are not in stock.

       So I took a massive 6x6 and made the  various rail supports, first ripping them on a tablesaw to rough size and then planing them to exact dimensions.  I also did the same to some 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 cedar stock to get the 1 5/16 ballister size.  This planer performs great and gets the job done quickly.