Planer to cleanup rough wood?

Murray13 · 04-10-2008 12:53PM #1

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 · 04-10-2008 01:13PM

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 · 04-10-2008 01:23PM

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 · 04-10-2008 01:29PM

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.

Planer to cleanup rough wood?

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