11-05-2012, 01:15 PM
A great well-illustrated thread Colin, outlining what would be a daunting project for most of us!
As to planer thicknessers, I bought a 6" surface planer, which is quite a good tool, but that's all it does - planes timber. A planer thicknesser would have been a far better bet and makes short work of accurately dimensioning timber to a level of accuracy that takes hours with a hand plane. With all lighter duty equipment, it pays to not expect too much of it. If I'm using my surface planer, I take 0.5mm off at a time rather than 1.5mm. If I'm cutting a rebate - especially in hardood - with a router, I always do it in more than one pass at different depths, rather than expecting the router to cut say a 20mm deep groove in one pass. Power tools soon let you know if you're expecting too much of them.
In my case, I've simply no more space for any more equipment!
As to planer thicknessers, I bought a 6" surface planer, which is quite a good tool, but that's all it does - planes timber. A planer thicknesser would have been a far better bet and makes short work of accurately dimensioning timber to a level of accuracy that takes hours with a hand plane. With all lighter duty equipment, it pays to not expect too much of it. If I'm using my surface planer, I take 0.5mm off at a time rather than 1.5mm. If I'm cutting a rebate - especially in hardood - with a router, I always do it in more than one pass at different depths, rather than expecting the router to cut say a 20mm deep groove in one pass. Power tools soon let you know if you're expecting too much of them.
In my case, I've simply no more space for any more equipment!
Regards, David.
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