01-13-2016, 06:54 PM
My next project is going to require me to mill 16/4. I have a rough piece of cherry that is 4 inches by about 7.5 inches by about 7 feet. I have a band saw and can cut it into the smaller thicknesses but after that I will still need to mill the rest.
So should I get it as close as I can with the BS, flatten one side with the jointer, then using the surface planer to get both sides flat to each other? Any way to use a TS? I know from today cutting down a 4 inch by 4 inch piece of doug fir the TS struggled with that especially on the burning. Even then the TS only goes 3 1/8 inches and I would be at 3.5 inches.
I may glue up some cherry to get to 3.5 inch square but even that would I think require some milling to finish it.
thanks for replies
So should I get it as close as I can with the BS, flatten one side with the jointer, then using the surface planer to get both sides flat to each other? Any way to use a TS? I know from today cutting down a 4 inch by 4 inch piece of doug fir the TS struggled with that especially on the burning. Even then the TS only goes 3 1/8 inches and I would be at 3.5 inches.
I may glue up some cherry to get to 3.5 inch square but even that would I think require some milling to finish it.
thanks for replies