: Hi'

: Ready to put the first strips on my Guillemot Expedition Single, but of
: course a friend drops by, showing off his new toy, a portable thickness
: plane.

: Now is the question : Should i run all strips through the tickness plane
: first, or just get on with it, and do it by hand afterwards ?

: Strips are 58-60mm's thick, but the saw has made some tracks on the WRC
: strips. Oregon Pine does not have so bad tracks, but i gather i will have
: to plane/sand off, at least 0,5 millimters, anyway.

: Which is best ?

: I ran a couple of WRC strips through the thickness plane, and they got a
: really neat surface, with minimum/none tear-out, about as Nick describes
: in his book.

: How much (or little) will i have to plane/sand manually afterwards, if the
: strips has been through the thickness plane first ?

: Is it worth the trouble to plane the strips first ?

: Opinions are most welcome, as i have a feeling, this could be a matter of
: "relgion", more than anything else.

: Jesper

HI Jesper,
If you are going to cove and bead your strips, I would suggest you plane them all to the same thickness. The EXP. Single is already a difficult build without having to deal with mismatched coves and beads.

Larry C.