Thread: How to peel off outer layers of plank

Get a thicknesser or jointer
If you don't know what these are or havent seen either one in action try google or the search engine within the forum itself and you will get plenty of great information






The trouble with life is there's no background music.

Maybe living in Singapore you won't be able to use a thicknesser!! :eek:

They are pretty loud and if you used them on the ground floor of your apartment block they are pretty messy too!

Perhaps you should use a simple hand plane, you can do a lot of research here or elsewhere on the web, but if you are going to make stuff, you'll want one anyway.

Try something like a #4 or #5 in size, either in a traditional asian style or a western (Stanley) type (or wait till I'm corrected)

Have a poke round http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...&cat=1&p=41182 for a mind boggling collection, but you'll probably find something like this http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,41182,46334 available locally?

Let's see what others reckon now!
Cheers,

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Whatever you use, be sure to remove all nails and pieces of metal from the boards before you dress them. These often have small pieces of metal, filings, wire etc embedded in them and they will make a mess of plane or jointer blades real quick.

Nevertheless, you may be on to a cheap source of good timber, so go for it.

Alex makes a very good point: Specially look out for little stones embedded from where they've been skidding around on floors.

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Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Maybe living in Singapore you won't be able to use a thicknesser!! :eek:

They are pretty loud and if you used them on the ground floor of your apartment block they are pretty messy too!

You are right midge I didn't think of the noise factor


You might also look at a hand held belt sander, then you don't have to worry about the nails , metal and stones quite as much




The trouble with life is there's no background music.

Many thanks to everyone here for the help. I forgot to say that I prefer using machines to do the job because there are many planks to work on.

Therefore a thicknesser or jointer or held belt sander as suggested by Ashore is the thing I am looking for.

I did a google search as suggested and I saw this thicknessers selling for $300 onwards (US dollars I suppose). http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...083298-1584028 I cant use this in my HDB flat (apartment) in Singapore because its too noisy as pointed out by bitingmidge, so I am thinking of using this somewhere else.

I am also very impressed by this Ryobi AP13 Planer / Thicknesser when I did a search in google http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/reviews/ryobiap13.htm

Since I am a beginner and doing this for hobby, I will get a hand held belt sander.
Thanks