Planer to cleanup rough wood?

Murray13

Hi all,
I have a few lengths of pine which I bought rough cut, I used a hand plane to clean up the boards and they worked out ok after hours of sanding.
I have some more boards that need to be cleaned up (smoothed & edges squared) and I dont want to spend hours with the hand plane cleaning them up.

Would a hand planer do this for me? If so can you recomend any makes or models? I have considered getting a planer/thicknesser but they're way too pricey for me.
Thanks,
Kieran

misschipp

Hi Kieran
Why dont you try your local joinery shop? I'm sure they wouldnt mind planing the wood for you. You may have to throw them a few bob, but it wouldnt be much. I have done this in the past before I got my own planer/thicknesser, and the lads didnt charge me plus they delivered the wood to my door when they had it done!
Jac;)

Murray13

Hi Jac,
That sounds like a good option, come to think of it I know of a couple of joinery shops in my area. I hadn't thought of that.
Thanks,
K

misschipp wrote: »

Hi Kieran
Why dont you try your local joinery shop? I'm sure they wouldnt mind planing the wood for you. You may have to throw them a few bob, but it wouldnt be much. I have done this in the past before I got my own planer/thicknesser, and the lads didnt charge me plus they delivered the wood to my door when they had it done!
Jac;)

Alun

Yes, that's by far the best option. Assuming the boards are wider than the hand planer blade, I've found it's quite difficult to get a good surface without any kind of ridge where the hand planer runs overlap each other.