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Well, I'm sure I can drag it to my house without too much difficulty... the logs are about 1/2 a mile away from me and with a 4x4 I figure I could get them there... don't worry, I'm not intending to try and lift them myself! :D I'm just stumped as to what to do with the things if I actually got...

Hi Shultzy, that is very helpful. I must admit I had not really considered the weight of the pieces of timber. Although hardwood weighs more than softwood, it's hardwood that I was mainly thinking of in terms of the larger width. With softwood I can certainly get away with an 8" width, so I...

Very close to where I live (I live out in the countryside) a tree has been felled close to a public footpath where I walk my dogs. it has been chopped up into several pieces; some are only one or two feet long but some are about five feet long. I'd say there's maybe fifteen feet of tree...

Hi Ike, thanks for those answers! :) I think that makes sense. If I have this right, I use the planer to plane the bottom surface and left-hand surface, and I then use the thicknesser to plane the opposite surfaces. I understand this now, seeing how the process works... because I need to plane...

Okay. I haven't quite given up yet. If I get just a thicknesser, it seems that I also definitely need a planer. It appears that the first task is to put the wood through the planer, and then to put it through the thicknesser. There seems no point therefore in only getting a thicknesser...

Okay, I rang Tooltray and the chap there didn't know, so he asked Ryobi and rang me back. He confirmed what you guys have said - thicknesser only. Not that I don't trust your advice - if so, I wouldn't be asking questions here - but I always like to check and get things absolutely certain...

Hmmm. That's really expensive! Too much for me I'm afraid... However, other than having a fence, and a big stand, what's the difference between that and the Ryobi? Both seem to have the same product titles - "planer thicknesser" - and although it's obviously got some better specs because it's...

OPJ, p111dom: I have just rung TransTools who sell the Ryobi that I mentioned in my initial post. The guy I spoke to was insistant that the Ryobi machine is a planer and thicknesser - he said it does the whole job and will produce flat, square results :? He was adamant that I don't need a...

Ahhhh... that makes sense. I understand that perfectly! However it has introduced a little bit of confusion again... if a supplier lists "sawn timber" of size 25x200, for example, I was under the impression that I would, upon ordering that, get a piece of wood that is near enough 25x200 in size...

No worries - I understand what you thought, but obviously wood is sold in square and linear fashion too. In fact it would not be advisable to try and apply a cubic value to the prices of most softwood planks that I have found, as it seems certain sizes cost more than others. Anyway, seeing as...

Hmmm. This worries me! I was of the understanding that when a tree gets cut up, it does so into random-sized pieces that make the best use of the available wood. Those pieces then get sawn into standard sizes, and then some get planed-all-round for those customers that want it. Well, there's...

...okay, I think I've caused some confusion over my figures! I had thought that it would be apparent that I was using a linear measurement - after all, I said 400m per year, not m3 or even m2. I was simply trying to give an estimate of how much wood I would be actually pushing through the...

Some of you may have seen my other thread (still ongoing) about me setting up a home workshop for hobby purposes. I don't know a lot about grades of wood and such, but I've been learning! Initially I was looking at PAR (planed) wood but I have since discovered that there is such a machine as a...

Argee: Awesome, I'll have to look for those frames. I think I came across a Triton thingy whilst looking around earlier... that might be worth considering. Maybe I can get one cheap off ebay! :D I've got your page open but it's fairly long so I'll have to digest it in several sittings. Very...

Thanks for the replies so far... it seems you all concur that i should not have my saw poking out of the bench! :oops: Perhaps I should explain why I came up with such a crazy idea... In my head I visualise the following: I have my large bench, and I need to saw or rout some wood. So, let's say...

Hi people :) I found the UKWorkshop forums today when doing some research and I must say I've already found out a lot from reading the posts here. I've got to the point where I'm a bit stuck with some things and i figured this is probably the best place to ask. I'll start out by describing a...