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Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 5th, '20, 14:06
by Ruffian
As per title.
Trying to build a coffee table and need the wood planning flat and level.
Beer tokens available.
Slabs are 1200mm long 500mm wide.
Cheers
Re: Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 5th, '20, 16:04
by ptolemyx
You'll be lucky to find some one with a thicknesser that wide. Mine's 12" which is about as wide as any home workshop is likely to have. When I've made tables starting with wide timber I've sawn the pieces narrower for planing then glued back for the desired width. When I worked as a cabinetmaker in a factory we used industrial belt sanders for anything that wide. You could get out your cabinet scrapers and do it the old fashioned way
Re: Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 5th, '20, 16:57
by Ruffian
ptolemyx wrote: ↑Dec 5th, '20, 16:04
You'll be lucky to find some one with a thicknesser that wide. Mine's 12" which is about as wide as any home workshop is likely to have. When I've made tables starting with wide timber I've sawn the pieces narrower for planing then glued back for the desired width. When I worked as a cabinetmaker in a factory we used industrial belt sanders for anything that wide. You could get out your cabinet scrapers and do it the old fashioned way
Yea that's the issue I'm having.
Thinking do I just end up cutting it into strips and gluing it back together. Even though dont want to
Re: Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 5th, '20, 17:06
by billinom8s
I know a guy who makes wide, wooden tables.
Have messaged him.
Re: Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 5th, '20, 22:28
by TLS-Moose
What about someone like Devon Hardwoods or Beech Bros?
Re: Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 6th, '20, 06:22
by billinom8s
Powderham saw mill?
Crockers in Dawlish?
Re: Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 6th, '20, 07:40
by ptolemyx
That burr grain is nigh on impossible to plane without tearing. Looks good but is a right bitch to work with, best finished with a random orbit sander working through the grits and hand finished with fine scotchbrite.
Re: Anyone got a wood thicknesser circa 500mm
Posted: Dec 6th, '20, 11:38
by Ruffian
I know the big shops would do it but just wondering if anyone had one at home. Easier to do on weekends or evenings
I have just got a router coming so may build a router sled instead now