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most are 2" thick and some were 2 1/2" thick...


I certainly hope that the yield would be 1 1/2" but 1 1/4" would be acceptable... so yes, my machines and powertools will get worked out soon... this would be my biggest build to date both in size and cost... pray for me... :p

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i wonder what species of wood you have for the projectg but im sure the beauty lies beneath.

may the force be with you!

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Those sure look rough and needs to be milled sir Timb. So now you have some means to tune the makita planer, but say, how do you go about sharpening the planer knives again? From net prices, the makita sharpener 9820-2 is even more expensive than a jet thicknesser!

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Those sure look rough and needs to be milled sir Timb. So now you have some means to tune the makita planer, but say, how do you go about sharpening the planer knives again? From net prices, the makita sharpener 9820-2 is even more expensive than a jet thicknesser!

you can build a jig that holds the blades at the specified angle and run the stone over them, sharpening is done on two blades at once...
Violaine, those are Mahogany from Cebu...

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Nice project Timber. What kind of joinery are you planning to use?

Not only will your tools get a workout but your back will too!

Re: My Commissioned Conference Table build...

Nice project Timber. What kind of joinery are you planning to use?

Not only will your tools get a workout but your back will too!

joinery isn't much, the legs will have a half recess that would fit the other half to form the "+" shape.
joining the top, nothing spectacular too, it is designed to be removable and will not be attached other than guides or stops to hold it in place...
as for the back, buying and shipping the wood alone killed my back. each piece weighs no less than 30kls.

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Actually bro I am wondering how you will join planks together to make the necessary widths? Dowels? Biscuits? T&G? Also, IIRC you don't have a jointer yet so how are you going to get them square?

One thing I wish I had when manhandling such big pieces is a set of nice leather gloves. I saw some before at ACE in Rockwell but did not appreciate them enough then (P600). Now I don't get to go there and have yet to find something at par.

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will make do with the thicknesser for now, a jig would do the jointing for me, and a portable planner will speed up handplane work. not that process will make my arms grow like popeye :p

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IMHO I think your router table would be a better solution but it will be interesting to hear how the jig goes.

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IMHO I think your router table would be a better solution but it will be interesting to hear how the jig goes.

I can't use the rt unless I get some semblance of the woods flatness. so before I start joining, I got to start getting a flat side first.... besides, joining a 9 foot stock on the rt seems very difficult just thinking of controlling the sheer weight alone.

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I guess you'll be making a tray to get initial flat side. I'd also like to see one of those. I never needed to do this because I almost always bend the wood anyway.

Yeah 9 feet is pretty long. Even if the mahogany is stiff having it laying on its wide side might allow it to still bend from its own weight ... but if mahogany is as stiff as yakal maybe not. A horizontal RT would be better in this case. Another reason I'm not to thrilled with jointing with a thickness planer is that there is that the cutting head is exposed quite a bit.

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well the simplest I have considered is using a handheld power planner to get one side as close to flat as possible, the with a bed run it through the thicknesser.

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Or you could invite the bro with the hand planes 🙂 I have a power planer, one of the first things I bought, regrettably, but do not like using ... hmmm where is that thing anyway.

Another way is that workbench flattening technique.

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Now we'll see how good the Makita thicknesser blades really are.