Mark L. wrote:
Greetings All,
I have a wall of app 70 square feet that my wife wants covered in=20
hickory. She has her heart set on hickory T&G that she wants me to mill=
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up. Here's my conundrum. The local hardwood store has stock already=20
milled to 3/4, but she really wants me to cut it in half down to 3/8 so=
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it won't be too expensive.
I can see 3 options, maybe someone out there can shed some light on=20
this for me. Option #1 is after squaring up, I could use my Unisaw to=20
rip the boards in half to 3/8 and then run them through a planer to get=
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a consistent thickness. My problem is that after the saw kerf there=20
won't be much left to plane down and I think the minimum thickness is=20
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=
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seems like a better choice than the planer. Option #3 would be to resaw=
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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 wil=
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be able to buy one of these if needed. Would you get the band saw or th=
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drum sander? Or is there another way that I haven't thought about? BTW=
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I have a Unisaw, DJ20 jointer and DeWalt 735 planer so far. Many TIA, M=
ark



These are CDN dollars....

http://centurymill.com/domestic.html#hickory


So at the equivalent of $2.60 per board foot in USD -- then maybe a band =

saw and a planer is a good idea -- but rough sawn boards...

I agree with everyone else about thin boards -- tried it -- been there.


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Will R.
Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
http://woodwork.pmccl.com
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20
who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw