why didn,t someone tell me

[robyn2839]

why didn,t someone tell me that i need ,and should have a thicknesser?.what a peice of machinery. i have never seen one working before ,cant imagine how i got by without one.now that i have one .i have thicknessed everything thats not bolted down today,and tomorrow i will unbolt everything i missed today and thickness it as well. if i died tomorrow at least i will die happy............bob

[dlim2986]

I thought that, to be eligable to post on this forum you must have a thicknesser. Isn't it like to join a Mini club, you must have a Mini?

Don't tell me you don't have a joiner as well?

[NCArcher]

Got to agree Bob, I've just embarked on my first thicknesser journey and i can't work out how i got by without one.
Like you i soon discovered that i had a large pile of shavings and no spare pieces of wood left in the workshop. I need to buy some more wood (all slightly over size of course) :D

[JMB]

My life seems to be going in reverse. Years ago I had a jointer, thicknesser, band saw, table saw etc etc to play with [though not mine] and now I just have a few bits and pieces. And I know what I am missing!

[Claw Hama]

We did tell you! even if it was only the other day. How to turn shity old bits of scrap into b-ute-iful timber. I planed up an old wall stud the other day for a little project I was doing for my parents. It turned out to be 10feet of dead straight tallowood, looked fantastic. Of course now you have a thicknesser you will need a metal detector (for nails) if you clean up recycled timber.

[robyn2839]

I thought that, to be eligable to post on this forum you must have a thicknesser. Isn't it like to join a Mini club, you must have a Mini?

Don't tell me you don't have a joiner as well?

yes i have the jointer, and now the holy grail thicknesser

[robyn2839]

i filled my dusty bag to the top with huon pine shavings smells like tassie now.bob

[Frank&Earnest]

I know the feeling.:) Looked at the tech school workshop where the nearest woodwork club meets, eyed the joiner and thicknesser and joined the club to learn how to use them. Arrived at the first meeting with a boothful of pallet wood. A kind fellow showed me how and off I went. Two hours later I was politely told that they would have an immediate use for the 2x4s I had made all square and shiny if I did not stop bashing their ears...:D

[echnidna]

:rotfl:

[dlim2986]

. Arrived a the first meeting with a boothful of pallet wood. :D

Your lucky you didn't hit a nail. Pallet wood always seem to be full of unwanted metal bits that arn't easy to detect.

They would of been pretty unhappy had you of done that.

[Sawdust Maker]

... Of course now you have a thicknesser you will need a metal detector (for nails) if you clean up recycled timber.

I'd agree with this sentiment. Used a compass (north/south variety) for a while but never fully trusted it. Metal detector is great, and also allows you to quickly find the allen key you drop in the shavings when changing jaws:D

[artme]

Bob, there's asimple answer to your question: You never asked!!!:D:D:D

Don't worry its on my to get list.:p:p

[Frank&Earnest]

Oh ye of little faith! They were the 'new' pallets the lathe and bandsaw came on, and I had ripped them apart myself, all nails removed and accounted for! I'm an accountant, you know?:D

[STAR]

Sawdust Maker

This site continues to amaze me or confirms that I am an idiot. Because of my poor eyesight, when I am working in the paddock or some machinery and I drop a screw or something I have great difficulty trying to locate the object on the ground or in the grass.

While all the time I had hanging in my shed a Carb a Tec metal detector.:doh:

[rat52]

Star, make that 2 idiots:doh:

I never thought of that use either:2tsup:

[Waldo]

Like you i soon discovered that i had a large pile of shavings and no spare pieces of wood left in the workshop. I need to buy some more wood (all slightly over size of course) :D

:no: Just go ahead and thickness the lot of it, don't worry about final size :2tsup: - if you go too far you just get all the shavings together, a bit of Titebond III and you get membership into another part of the forum somewhere in here and do paper mache. :D

Bob, it took you this long to discover the joys of a thicknesser. :o Welcome to the club.

[ravlord13]

Built a full Kitchen out of old pine pallets when we had the farm, A thicknesser turned them into usable timber.
Bob,
Get a spare set of blades so you always have a sharp set ready , Hard to fill in time waiting to get them sharpened, sort of like waiting at the delivery ward of a hospital.
what brand thicknesser did you get?
Andrew

[robyn2839]

just a cheapie, but when it dies i will upgrade, (its a 12 1/2 hafco)..bob

[NCArcher]

:no: Just go ahead and thickness the lot of it, don't worry about final size :2tsup: - if you go too far you just get all the shavings together, a bit of Titebond III and you get membership into another part of the forum somewhere in here and do paper mache. :D



Can i thickness paper mache :? You know how quickly those layers build up. I might not notice and go too far.

[funkychicken]

Ah yes...Enjoy the thicknesser I almost had...



Now you need a nice long jointer

[robyn2839]

here here aint that the truth, got my eye on one

[Swifty]

robyn, good to hear you discovered the thicknesser! i got my cheap 12 1/2 inch one last year and can't belive i hesitated so long getting one. probably my most used piece of machinery now! cause it's a little light, i only take off about 1/2 mm on each pass otherwise the machine labors a bit.

[Ashore]

Make sure all the nails are out and try some old fence palings they come down beautifully and make great thin wood for small boxes
Long live the thicknesser, or thinesser , depends how you look at it :doh: