Quote Originally Posted by Rod Sheridan View Post
I cut to a few mm oversized then joint and plane to finish size.......Regards, Rod
You know, this brings up an adjacent question: ‘do you often have a ‘finished size’ in mind?

As a hobby worker, I do not. I stop milling once it cleans up or is in a ‘size range’ I want. Again reproducibility isn’t an objective. So if a side panel assembly for example, I don’t reallycare the rail/stile thickness (at least not within about a quarter of an inch). Subsequent pieces will be cut to fit. (And rarely am I building off precise/detailed plans for basic structural fit)

In a production shop this would be Crazy since every joint is custom fit. Depending on build sequence, I could have side panel assys a different thickness than back panel Assy as an example (thickness only impacts interior dimensions)

But it’s related, because there is rarely a need to have a piece with an overly precise size.