: Congrats on getting out there and spending the day ripping your strips. Are
: you going to do Bead & Cove? 1/2 of a millemeter is not much IF you
: are NOT doing B&C BUT it will MATTER if you are going to do B&C (IMHO). I
: agree with what Dave wrote about running the strips through a surface
: planer prior to B&C. I did that also and it is the way to go. Running the
: strips through a surface planer is a real good idea for you if you do B&C
: or not. I do understand that you may NOT just have a nice surface planer
: sitting around but you do need one for a few hours (Any ideas??). We must
: make so many decisions as builders and we have also the need to stop
: thinking and start CUTTING so sure as I go to work I am going to make
: mistakes (like the one of this post) and never can I guess which one I
: will make until I make it and it is always somthing 'stupid' like setting
: by ruler instead of an existing strip..... OH WELL onward and upward, good
: luck!

: Joe

Joe & Dave,

Thanks for Your replies, they made me sleed just a little easier this night :-)

I'm not going to do b&c, so far so good.
I have already surface planed 3 of the sides of the strips during ripping, with a B&D hand-held electric plane. It can plane from 0-2,5mm in 0,25mm steps, but i feel it will be next to impossible, to get the correct thickness of the strips in their full length, planing by hand with this tool.
Any good advice here ?

Also i would like some comments on the hardwood vs. cedar please ?

Brds,
Jesper

P.S. Forgot to mention I'm a first-timer (and i don't have a second "yak" - sorry Dave)