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The rasp was my first thought, but I figured the depth might be too great. I still think it is doable with planes. It look like a fun project, I might have a go if I ever get my workbench finished (the build is almost into year 2 lol). It will be a good excuse to buy some tools ;)

One option might be to start with a scrub plane to get the basic shape and smooth from there, or possibly a narrower plane like a shoulder or bullnose. Not sure if a rounded spokeshave would work. I think one of the above would be my preferred option, after some trial and error. Another option...

Difficult to tell the shape of the ends, but possibly a pre-war curtain or towel rod?

This is certainly worth a try..., I'll have to erect some sort of cover. The piece is 2 metres long and weighs an absolute ton! Took two of us to get in in the house, and then my wife and I plus a trolley to get it back out again because of the smell! I might also chop a piece off the end to...

Hi all, I recently purchased some English Walnut from a farm. The timber is lovely but it has absorbed the farm smells... basically it smells like pig manure! Do you guys know of any way of getting rid of this smell? Is it safe to just wash down with detergent or would this cause further...

+1 I'm still a noob but the bandsaw is easily my most used machine: General cutting; curves; straight lines; ripping; cutting tenons, dovetails etc. It even has a solid table at about the right height for doing all sorts of things! Main advantage for cutting tasks is the thickness of stock you...

Thanks marcros! Today I got a phone call from Axminister basically confirming that they are deliberately manufactured with the feed tables lower than the centre table and that only the rollers on each end should be level with the center table. Presumably this is to reduce friction across the...

lol - good point that :) Sadly my hand plane skills are woeful! The pieces are all quarter sawn so I am effectively planing end grain and I am not all that confidant about that! My attempts resulted in alot of chatter and I kind of lost confidence but I hear you - that is an ideal solution to...

Good question; yes I did and with exactly the same result :( I suspect that the CT330 from Axminster will not have this problem - apart from being more than twice the cost it also has a lock on it which should minimise the problem. It is just the table heights that worry me. As I said, if...

I think I probably worded that badly. The roller case is what Triton call the assembly unit containing the two rollers and the cutting blades. The whole assembly lifts when both rollers are in use so maybe they are under too much tension..., again it is not adjustable easily (i.e. without...

Hi Steve - I have actually watched that a couple of times and there is some good info there even though I don't have the planer, only the thicknesser. The piece I was testing was only a 9" long block of oak (so support was not the problem apart from the uneven tables) and I was trying to take...

Thanks for the link fishandchips. What Matthias describes is exactly what I observed with the Triton machine after a number of tests. It was only a small lift but it was enough to warrant concern! I am generally planing blocks to differing thicknesses so consectutive butt feeding is usually...

Everything came pre-assembled. I'll be using the thicknesser predominantly for guitar building and some of this involves stock that is shorter than the infeed table so it will never see the roller. This is one of the main reasons why I want to avoid snipe losses; getting hold of decent...

Thanks for the reply. I'll be interested to find out the result! Do you get any snipe problems at all?

Hey all, This is my first post here and I am just getting into woodworking at the age of about 40 - I have ALOT to learn! I recently bought a Triton thicknesser which I am sending back because of constant snipe (2" either end of the board) and have replaced with a Axminster CT330. Both of...