Steps to take a rough board to square, flat, and smooth

[Darin Daggett]

I'm a novice with hand planes, just use them mostly to knock off high spots and quickly strip finishes for re-finishing.

I'm wanting to graduate to taking rough lumber down to finished stock of the proper thickness.

Please post your methods and other tools required, such as winding sticks, try squares, etc.

Thanks!!

[Derek Cohen]

Here you go, Darin ...

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/Preparing%20a%20board%20without%20a%20thicknesser. html

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/Preparing%20a%20board%20without%20a%20thicknesser_ html_m5e7fd2bc.jpg

I'm sure others will offer alternatives.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Darin Daggett]

Magic! just what I was looking for!

Great piece of wood there, btw. What is the species?

[Derek Cohen]

Hi Darin

The wood is She-oak, which is a local West Australian timber. Very, very hard and highly interlinked. Difficult to work but worth the effort.

Regards from Perth

Derek