Gelcoat planer

[Brooksie]

Anyone have one for sale or rent??j

 

[fat2nawilly]

I think there's a company in RI that you can rent them from.

 

[Brooksie]

Thanks, it's a small state, I'll find it...

 

[John Allin]

Anyone have one for sale or rent??j

Sorry, but I give...what's a Gel Coat planer?
Don't you just sand to fair and polish?
Thanks.

 

[TAftw]

Thanks, it's a small state, I'll find it...

I believe it’s American International Tool in Cranston

 

[Brooksie]

I believe it’s American International Tool in Cranston

Thanks

 

[Brooksie]

Sorry, but I give...what's a Gel Coat planer?
Don't you just sand to fair and polish?
Thanks.

For removing gelcoat.

 

[John Allin]

Thanks, I looked it up this morning - nice tool to have - in the right hands.

 

[jdickau484]

Not sure how much you need to remove, but I have been using the Bosch planer. Works well. I hook up to vac and nearly no dust. Beats grinding.

 

[Brooksie]

Not sure how much you need to remove, but I have been using the Bosch planer. Works well. I hook up to vac and nearly no dust. Beats grinding.

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We have an entire topsides to do and not a flat spot on the entire surface so I don't think a power plane will work. The gel planes, the good ones, have a cylindrical drum, like a power plane, but have cylindrical adjustable guides on each end so it can follow both convex and concave surfaces. The guides are separately adjustable one side for depth of cut and the other to zero to ride on what has already been cut.