Beginner question - squaring timber

[Monkey Mark]

Ok so this really shows my noobness

I've been given some fence posts. They are new but quite badly bowed and/or twisted.

I wanted to square some bits up to use at least some. I've trawled through youtube but every video seems to assume you have a jointer, thicknesser etc.

I only have a table saw. Is there an easy way to acheive this with a table saw and perhaps a router?

Thanks in advance, Mark

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Are they're not too thick you could temp fix a straight edge on the fence side to reference the fence and cut the opposite side true. However, if fence posts they're liable to be 4x4?? If so I doubt your table saw blade will have the height to do it one cut and I'm not going to recommend flipping it to do it two halves because there are all sorts of hazards associated with that. Have you a bandsaw?

 

[undergroundhunter]

Have you got a hand saw and a hand plane? Shouldn't take too long and is much safer.

Matt

 

[Phil Pascoe]

You seem to have ignored the reason the wood was converted to fence posts in the first place - it's unlikely to be much good for anything.

 

[Monkey Mark]

Thanks for the replies. To answer some questions.

The posts are, I think, 3x3. There's just enough height on the table saw to cut in one pass.

Yes, I do have a hand saw and plane.

And as for the quality, it is poor. I'm more interested in practicing squaring up so as not to waste good material when it matters in the future.

 

[dzj]

Make a router sled and flatten it in the manner some folks flatten their workbenches.
For a beginner, it's probably safer than doing it on a TS.
Also, it might be a good opportunity to practice hand planing.