> A planer is an expensive tool. It is far cheaper to buy router bits and a
> router. Rip your strips from the rough lumber using a thin planer blade on
> a table, radial arm, or portable circular saw. This isn`t perfectly
> smooth, but it gives a nice surface to work with == and you'll sand this
> smoother anyhow. The edges are now still rough, but if you put bead and
> cove edges on the strips your router will not only give you the desired
> smooth, shaped edge, but it will also bring the strips down to whatever
> width you like.

> The first pass through the router smooths and shapes one edge. The second
> pass through the router creates the desired mating shape, and reduces the
> strip to the final width.

> You can of course use a straight router bit to give square edged strips,
> but i think you would probably want to go to bead and cove, since the time
> involved is the same.

where can i get the cove and bead router bits ? if your strips are soupposed to be 1/4 by 3/4 inch strips how much does the router bits take off do i need to make it a one inch strip?
> Hope this helps

> Paul Jacobson