Machine made by Challenge Machinery

malmrosec
on 26 Mar 24 (14:20)

Does anyone have a Challenge Type-high Unit that you’d like to sell? I’m making wood type from hard maple, but I still have the problem of making the wood type-high. Please reply and let me know. Thank you!

Craig Malmrose

cmcgarr
on 26 Mar 24 (17:01)

I purchased an Oliver Planer to bring Hard Maple to type high.

Casey at Inky Lips Press

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malmrosec
on 23 Apr 24 (15:24)

How do run end grain hard maple through a planer? When I did that, it shattered. Long grain works fine, but not end grain.

malmrosec
on 23 Apr 24 (15:25)

How do run end grain hard maple through a planer? When I did that, it shattered. Long grain works fine, but not end grain.

malmrosec
on 23 Apr 24 (15:25)

How do run end grain hard maple through a planer? When I did that, it shattered. Long grain works fine, but not end grain.

Gerald F. Schulze
on 24 Apr 24 (12:26)

Malmrosec,

You usually don’t run end grain through a planer—you use a mill or similar object. There’s a bunch of ways to approach it, but a planer will usually do exactly what you described.

You can use a drum sander, however, and that will work from what I understand.

You should talk to some of the folk who are already making wood type and see what their process is like.