Thread: thin box stock

Assume you mean "hold thin stock for planing" ?

If so, I don't. Suggest you take it to the local Mens Shed, use their bandsaw to resaw, if the timber is not too high, and then use their drum sander.

Drum sanders are perfect for thin stock. Depending on how thin you want to go, you can use double sided tape and stick it to a piece of melanine or pine to make a sled, then push that through the drum sander. Can get down to 1mm or less without risking damage to the thin stock

Originally Posted by Dengue

Assume you mean "hold thin stock for planing" ?

If so, I don't. Suggest you take it to the local Mens Shed, use their bandsaw to resaw, if the timber is not too high, and then use their drum sander.

Drum sanders are perfect for thin stock. Depending on how thin you want to go, you can use double sided tape and stick it to a piece of melanine or pine to make a sled, then push that through the drum sander. Can get down to 1mm or less without risking damage to the thin stock

Thanks for the reply I do not have access to the mens shed as I am still working 60 hours a week. In my shed I only have a 318 mm thicknesser or hand planes I am planning to go down to 6 to 8 mm thick
many regards Michael