Dennis McDonaugh
09-24-2005, 3:13 PM
I live in downtown San Antonio which isn't exactly forest country so I was surprised that I found long leaf pine 14"-15" inches wide and its just a mile or so from my house. The guy is a furniture maker and he has some sort of bandmill in his back yard which is about two acres. He had all kinds of wood drying under sheds, tarps and out in the open. I bought 130 BF of pine for a table and hutch. He also had pecan, mesquite, oak and other weird wood like china berry. I guess he is an urban forester. The pine I bought was planted in Alamo Heights in 1903 and cut down in 1990. Its been drying in his wood shed for 15 years.
I took the guard off my 8" jointer and jointed half the plank. Then I placed the jointed part on a plywood sled and ran the other side through my planer and then flipped it over and planed the rabbeted side flush.
All three planks are consistently 1" thick, but they aren't what I'd call jointed. I'll be able to glue them up pretty well and the table apron will hold it flat, but its not what I'm used to seeing . Is it because the wood is so wide?
I took the guard off my 8" jointer and jointed half the plank. Then I placed the jointed part on a plywood sled and ran the other side through my planer and then flipped it over and planed the rabbeted side flush.
All three planks are consistently 1" thick, but they aren't what I'd call jointed. I'll be able to glue them up pretty well and the table apron will hold it flat, but its not what I'm used to seeing . Is it because the wood is so wide?