Jim_Nutt
Established Member
Hi all,
I've been watching the Paul Sellers workbench videos for quite a while now and have started on the project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W9xQS-EdQ&t=1872s). The table top pieces are all new timber bought from Travis Perkins and I've cut them to length and am on to the planing section in order to make the pieces marry up nicely for the laminations.
I've been using a no. 4 plane as in the video but it's become clear that I don't have the skill to get such a long piece of timber flat, as when I put them together they're not meeting up nicely even with clamps on.
As much as I appreciate the art, skill and practice of using hand tools (and really enjoyed the actual planing bit), I would like to get some relatively quick and accurate results without having to develop my hand plane skills at this stage.
What do you advise for my next step and which power tool/s would be best for me to move forwards with this? I have a bit of money I can spend but don't know whether to go for:
A table saw - and make a jointing jig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rgfrHyJ6i0&t=170s, or
A planer / thicknesser, or
a combination of the above?
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jim
I've been watching the Paul Sellers workbench videos for quite a while now and have started on the project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W9xQS-EdQ&t=1872s). The table top pieces are all new timber bought from Travis Perkins and I've cut them to length and am on to the planing section in order to make the pieces marry up nicely for the laminations.
I've been using a no. 4 plane as in the video but it's become clear that I don't have the skill to get such a long piece of timber flat, as when I put them together they're not meeting up nicely even with clamps on.
As much as I appreciate the art, skill and practice of using hand tools (and really enjoyed the actual planing bit), I would like to get some relatively quick and accurate results without having to develop my hand plane skills at this stage.
What do you advise for my next step and which power tool/s would be best for me to move forwards with this? I have a bit of money I can spend but don't know whether to go for:
A table saw - and make a jointing jig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rgfrHyJ6i0&t=170s, or
A planer / thicknesser, or
a combination of the above?
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jim