Thanks for the link, it looks like it's worth a look.

WillR wrote:

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.
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




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.