Mini Me said:Leo the owner of the boat has a multitude of good ideas and is a master craftsman in boat building and the joinery required on quite a large scale. I have never seen anyone scarf a joint better than he can starting with a chain saw and ending with a hand plane. It is being built in Port Townsend in the US north east, I have been following it since the series started and would recommend it to anyone who has any sort of interest in woodworking or boats.
Stan Tillinghast said:I have seen multiple articles in which people used a sled and a thickness planer to get one side of a slab flat. Since the boat builder owns a thickness planer, why is that not a better option for him?
As a boatbuilder he might also works with large curved pieces that are hard to maneuver through a planer/jointer.squall_line said:I believe the idea is that it's easier to flatten the first side to create the reference face if you leave the piece stationary and use the tool to flatten it. Once it's flattened, it's easier to get through the thickness planer.Stan Tillinghast said:I have seen multiple articles in which people used a sled and a thickness planer to get one side of a slab flat. Since the boat builder owns a thickness planer, why is that not a better option for him?
It's possible to only use the thickness planer (plenty of people do), it's just that they might need to make a special jig for each and every piece to keep it supported and flat while going through to create the reference side. For cupped or warped pieces, it's probably easier to use the hand planer on a sled for the first side and then follow with the thicknesser.