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Re: Strip: Thickness Planer
By:Glen Smith
Date: 11/15/2010, 8:38 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Thickness Planer (Jay Babina)

: Unless you're preparing a list for Santa, do you really need one
: for strip building? I own a 12" Ryobi and have never run a
: strip through it. I use it to level wood for other uses but mine
: sits idle for more than a year at a time. You can set up a table
: saw to cut paper thin strips with a little patience. I do think
: Rob is right about using strips all equal thickness but every
: boat I built has some left over strips and the thickness did
: vary. It took me nothing to level it out with a plane.

The only reason I have a thickness planer is that I often purchase rough lumber and the boards usually vary quite a bit in thickness. The planer does a great quick job (though very loud and dusty) of bringing all the boards to the same thickness with smooth faces.

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Strip: Thickness Planer
Nick Riccardi -- 11/14/2010, 7:18 pm
Re: Strip: Thickness Planer
Jay Babina -- 11/15/2010, 4:50 pm
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Mike Savage -- 11/16/2010, 7:06 am
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Glen Smith -- 11/15/2010, 8:38 pm
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Farback -- 11/15/2010, 9:00 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 11/15/2010, 8:08 pm
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John Michne -- 11/15/2010, 7:55 am
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J Law -- 11/15/2010, 8:10 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/15/2010, 6:44 am
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Randy Echtinaw -- 11/15/2010, 10:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:28 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/15/2010, 12:54 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 2:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 2:52 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/15/2010, 1:06 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/15/2010, 1:33 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/15/2010, 3:19 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 11/15/2010, 8:36 am
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fred g -- 11/14/2010, 10:12 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 11/15/2010, 6:34 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:49 am
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J Law -- 11/15/2010, 8:01 am
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fred g -- 11/15/2010, 8:45 am
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Mike Bielski -- 11/14/2010, 7:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:50 am
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J Law -- 11/15/2010, 12:44 am
Re: Strip: Thickness Planer *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 11/14/2010, 7:43 pm
Re: Strip: Thickness Planer
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:47 am