I am struggling to find a planer/thicknesser wide enough to plane my laminated tops.
I am quite new to lamination as my sawmill generally took care of that, however, would like to save a few bucks and do the process by myself.
Is it even necessary to plane a laminated top, if the timber is planed individually before clamped by proper parallel jaw bar clamps?
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It depends on how well the glueup goes. S**t happens and boards shift because glue is slippery before it's not.
General practice is to glue up "splits" to the capacity of your planer so you can surface them, then be super anal joining the splits. A registration aid like a spline, some bisquits or dominos, or a few cutoff brads for the final steps can get you to the happy place where all you'll need is sanding.
Thanks MJ
Well received, ill keep planing my lumber at the sawmill and invest in a couple of good paralell clamps for accurate clamping when laminating.
Response was much appreciated
What mj said.
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