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Re: Tools: Thickness Planer
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 4/19/2002, 8:53 am
In Response To: Tools: Thickness Planer (Kurt)

: Anybody care to give some thoughts/experience/input on buying and using a
: thickness planer? I can never find cedar locally in the thickness I want
: and think it would come in handy for some other building projects coming
: up.

Uniform strip thickness makes fairing the boat a lot easier. Uniform thickness is also important for milling consistent cove and beads. It is impossible to keep the cove/bead centered if the thickness varies even slightly. While you can successfully build a good boat without a thickness planer, it does make life somewhat easier.

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Thickness Planer
Kurt -- 4/18/2002, 3:22 pm
Re: Tools: Thickness Planer
Dave Houser -- 4/19/2002, 3:49 pm
Re: Tools: Thickness Planer
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/19/2002, 8:53 am
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Bill Pendlebury -- 4/19/2002, 7:24 am
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Ken Finger -- 4/19/2002, 7:21 am
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Eric Martinez -- 4/19/2002, 2:16 pm
Ditto!
Brian Nystrom -- 4/19/2002, 2:06 pm
Re: Tools: Thickness Planer
Tom Armstrong -- 4/19/2002, 8:25 am
Re: Cool toy!
Don Beale -- 4/19/2002, 12:57 am
anti-snipe trick
Greg -- 4/20/2002, 3:08 am
Re: Who could be anti-snipe? *Pic*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/22/2002, 9:08 am
Do I detect a name for the next design here? :) *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/22/2002, 10:40 pm
Re: Snipe-hunting
Don Beale -- 4/22/2002, 10:25 am
Re: anti-snipe trick
Don Beale -- 4/20/2002, 11:10 am
Re: Tools: Thickness Planer
Kurt Loup -- 4/18/2002, 8:26 pm
Re: Thickness Planer
jim kozel -- 4/18/2002, 10:08 pm
Re: Thickness Planer
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 4/19/2002, 9:01 am
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Gini -- 4/18/2002, 5:45 pm
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jim kozel -- 4/18/2002, 4:09 pm
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Pamela Watson -- 4/19/2002, 8:40 pm
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Bob -- 4/18/2002, 5:11 pm
Re: Tools: Thickness Planer
jim kozel -- 4/18/2002, 10:04 pm