Can you plane Micarta?

[Colog]

I bought some micarta today, but its much thicker than i thought it would be. Can I just run it through a wood planer, or would that damage the planer?

 

[howiesatwork]

It will probably eat you blades, unless they are carbide.
Try hand planing to see how tough it is on tool blades.
Use a router with a carbide bit. Clamp it between two pieces of wood to give support for the router base, and reduce it that way.

 

[David Wesner]

I chuck rectangles up in my mill vice and run a carbide insert type face mill over it if I need to thin a piece up.I don't think I would put it thru a wood planer.........but who knows .......

 

[Fox]

A surface grinder also works well if you have a belt conversion. Use some two-sided carpet tape on your chuck and a 36 grit belt. It is very fast.