One of the most beneficial tools you could ever have in your woodshop is a planer. But perhaps you don’t have tens of thousands of dollars or the floor space in your shop to dedicate to a single tool. Instead of getting a full-sized planer, consider investing in a benchtop model – a compact model [...]
A thickness planer is a worthy investment if you need to reclaim old lumber or dimension boards for a project. It beats painstakingly using a hand planer every time if you need to alter the thickness of long, hardwood boards. However, most thickness planer models have one thing in common: producing snipe. What is snipe? [...]
One of the most commonly asked questions by people looking to get in the furniture-building game is what the differences are between jointers and planers. This is understandable since they both are used in preparing boards by cutting away bits of the board at a time. In this article, we’re going to discuss in depth [...]
Squaring and straightening wooden boards is essential for creating perfectly fitting furniture and fixtures. Doing this by hand can be overwhelming, especially if you plan on restoring old, hole-ridden boards back to their former glory. Instead, if you’re serious about your craft, consider investing in a thickness planer. DEWALT DW735X Thickness planers are designed to [...]
Woodworkers of any level will swear that thickness planers are a crucial tool for producing the best-quality pieces of furniture. Thickness planers can be used for both dimensioning boards and final smoothing before connecting boards together. Consider a thickness planer as an investment where profits are made from the amount of lumber you can save [...]
Whether you are a professional or amateur woodworker, sooner or later you will need to trim wooden boards in order to give them a fresh look or adopt them to fit somewhere. Well, then you need a benchtop planer. DEWALT DW735X Benchtop planers are considered the affordable alternative to the much-bigger industrial planers. In contrast, [...]
