Can you put flat sawn live edge “flat board” thru planer ?
And can you flatten live edge sawn boards on jointer ?
Live edge is just wood that’s not square - Yes it can be cut/ planed.
You cannot put bark through the planar. It is generally full of dirt and rocks that’s dull or damage the blades.
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Or jointer. Or any sharp cutting tool, really.
Yep. In fact this is true of almost all “weathered wood”, i.e. wood that has been exposed to outdoors for a significant period of time, include pallets, fence slats, slabs drying in open air for a year, or a tree branch/log cut down or picked up off the ground. Running a 12 diameter 4" long log with bark still on through the bandsaw to re-saw it into boards will ruin/dull the blade almost before the cut is done…essentially like cutting a piece of sandpaper.
Any weathered wood should have bark removed and/or have long grain power washed/scrubbed before running through any power cutting tool that can’t be easily re-sharpened.
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Can you put a slice of something with a bark rim through the sander?
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Yes. No blades on the sander. Probably falls under the “use your own paper” territory like resin.
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