"Bill" wrote in message

dadiOH wrote:
Now, I just use my drum sander Handiest machine I
own. But I often don't use it until AFTER I glue up a
wider panel; not for thickness at least, I always use
it enough so I can see the grain/color of the wood
which often isn't enough to get it truly flat.

I noticed that Swingman appears to use a scraper for
that.

I think you are talking about his explanation of gluing up a wide table top
in stages, using a scraper to even up after the last, narrow board. I've
done the same thing.

My drum sander does 16" wide, 32" if I rotate the board (letting 16" hang
out). I was making a 48" round table, glued up and surfaced three 16x48+
panels, then glued the three together. Regardless of how careful one is
(this "one" at least) there is going to be a slight offset; a scraper gets
rid of it.
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But he probably joints the wood first (or
equivalently, buys it freshly jointed).

The former, I would guess

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dadiOH
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