Hi
I know this is probably a bit of a daft question/comment, but if my planer/thicknesser has a maximum thicknessing capacity of 150mm and I want to produce two matching single piece sides (of a cabinet) which are 160mm wide then of course I am only able to pass them through the table saw/band saw and then hand plane them (both of them held together in a vice)?
I've done this on my project but there are discrepancies between the two pieces and it seems however I try to keep them together in the vice whilst hand planing the edges, they always seem to end up being very very slightly different (we are talking shavings but you can feel a difference with your fingers). The pieces straight off the table saw are also not exactly the same due to the piece moving very very slightly during pushing it through.
I didn't want to cut the side pieces in half along their length because they were perfectly sized for the job in hand so only needed minor amount removing off the width before hand planing. I didn't want to cut them in half to then thickness them in the P/T and to then rejoin them together again because I wanted them to look continuous as you look at the side of the cabinet, hence the single piece for each side.
and before you mention it, yes, I am aware that P/T's can be bought which have better max thicknessing capacity!
Does anyone use a special jig for hand planing boards to width so that several boards come out all exactly the same width? Any plans available? I have a shooting board but of course that is usually used for end grain, I wondered if there was an equivalent for planing with the grain? Or do you have any other advice?
Any help or tips would be appreciated.
ta
Steve
I know this is probably a bit of a daft question/comment, but if my planer/thicknesser has a maximum thicknessing capacity of 150mm and I want to produce two matching single piece sides (of a cabinet) which are 160mm wide then of course I am only able to pass them through the table saw/band saw and then hand plane them (both of them held together in a vice)?
I've done this on my project but there are discrepancies between the two pieces and it seems however I try to keep them together in the vice whilst hand planing the edges, they always seem to end up being very very slightly different (we are talking shavings but you can feel a difference with your fingers). The pieces straight off the table saw are also not exactly the same due to the piece moving very very slightly during pushing it through.
I didn't want to cut the side pieces in half along their length because they were perfectly sized for the job in hand so only needed minor amount removing off the width before hand planing. I didn't want to cut them in half to then thickness them in the P/T and to then rejoin them together again because I wanted them to look continuous as you look at the side of the cabinet, hence the single piece for each side.
and before you mention it, yes, I am aware that P/T's can be bought which have better max thicknessing capacity!
Does anyone use a special jig for hand planing boards to width so that several boards come out all exactly the same width? Any plans available? I have a shooting board but of course that is usually used for end grain, I wondered if there was an equivalent for planing with the grain? Or do you have any other advice?
Any help or tips would be appreciated.
ta
Steve
