BTW if you do as Ron says, you can use a tablesaw, but ripping a rough
board is better (SAFER) done on a bandsaw...

With those size boards you really need quite a few pieces of hardware
to do them justice.

Or you can send them over to Ron and I and we can help out... I'll
return the finished projects when I no longer wish to have them. :-)

On 7/7/2012 1:17 PM, RonB wrote:
On Jul 7, 11:55 am, tiredofspam nospam.nospam.com wrote:
What Ron said, or if you are ok with losing 2" check out the couple of
machines that are combos..

http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-P...Spiral-Cutterh...



Yeah - I saw one of those the last time we were at the Springfield
Griz store and it is a good looking machine. More money but a lot
more machine.

Also, regarding the machines I mentioned - If you can spend about $250
- $300 more, you can get the same machines with the spiral
cutterheads. Much easier to change blades, and the blade inserts are
rotatable providing more life per inch of edge. I didn't do that but
now wish I had. I might do a retrofit later.

A lot of times if you have wood that is slightly wider than the planer
bed you have a couple of considerations:

- Is that 1" or so good, usable wood? I buy quite a bit of rough sawn
stock but the outer 1/2' to 1" is rough and even split.

- If the wider stock isn't the norm for you, sometimes you can rip and
re-glue. Granted you lose a little wood in the process but how often
to you really use 15" or wider stock in your personal shop.

Good Luck - buying tools is part of the fun!

RonB

RonB