Mark L. wrote:
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.


how about this option. Buy the drum sander, then tell her that it just
won't work to resaw the boards that thin (as others have posted), but
the drum sander will let you sand down the 3/4" stuff really nice.

I can't imagine working with hardwoods without a drum sander. I get one
before a bandsaw every time. It's a huge timesaver and produces much
better results.