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Posted: 3 May 2012 07:54 pm |
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Hi, Thanks Herb. Not sure how I posted twice, but could have been influenced by the red wine ! Drum/thickness sanders are fairly easy and cheap to make too - plenty of free plans on the web. They're a reat asset when milling wood as you can get the scale size exact and not as dangerous to trim thin strips as on a big tablesaw. My process tends to be: 1. Rouch cut logs with chainsaw 2. Square up and cut into bilets with tablesaw (10" Ryobi cheapy) 3. Mill into scale lumber with bandsaw (old Ryobi 9" with home-made fence) and now with Proxxon FET tablesaw 4. Finish dimensioning and sanding with Byrnes thickness sander Takes a little while, but I reckon I will easily recover the tool costs compared to buying commercial scale wood, and I can make any size rather than compromising, and use a variety of species. Regards, Darren
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