"Mark L." wrote in message
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Greetings All,
I have a wall of app 70 square feet that my wife wants covered in
hickory. She has her heart set on hickory T&G that she wants me to mill
up. Here's my conundrum. The local hardwood store has stock already milled
to 3/4, but she really wants me to cut it in half down to 3/8 so it won't
be too expensive.
I can see 3 options, maybe someone out there can shed some light on this
for me. Option #1 is after squaring up, I could use my Unisaw to rip the
boards in half to 3/8 and then run them through a planer to get a
consistent thickness. My problem is that after the saw kerf there won't be
much left to plane down and I think the minimum thickness is 3/8 for the
planer. Option #2 is square up the 3/4 stock and still use the Uni to get
them to 3/8. But then run them under a drum sander which seems like a
better choice than the planer. Option #3 would be to resaw to 3/8 using a
band saw and then drum sand down to 3/8.
My predicament is I have neither the drum sander nor band saw, but will
be able to buy one of these if needed. Would you get the band saw or the
drum sander? Or is there another way that I haven't thought about? BTW, I
have a Unisaw, DJ20 jointer and DeWalt 735 planer so far. Many TIA, Mark

Tell your spouse there's a reason why standard t&g comes 5/8. Attempts to
mill t&g out of 3/8 stock, even the straightest and best grade are doomed to
curses and splinters.

Then compare the price of commercial product to the price of your materials
and equipment acquisitions and build a couple of jewelry boxes.