Travel Tool Chest & Workbench Build Process
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Posted 28th January 2024
Quite a few of the boards I had to plane were closer to 30 mm than 20 mm, so rather than planing all that thickness off, I just fed them through the bandsaw (after planing both sides flat so that the offcut would have one planed face, just because it seemed like a good idea):
That resulted in this pile to deal with.
They were quite quick to plane as I only had a millimetre or two to shift and the bandsaw had cut parallel with the face side so I didn't have to spend much effort in making sure the second face was even and not twisted. With all those dealt with, I could pile them on top of the ones that hadn't been near the bandsaw to see how things were going:
I've also got this pile of offcuts that I'll find something or other to do with in due course. They vary in thickness from about 8 mm (just one) to several that are about 3–4 mm thick and one from a piece that probably didn't need bandsawing really given how thin the offcut was:
Just for fun, I thought I'd take the thinnest piece and have a go at hand planing it smooth. I stuck some masking tape on the smooth side and also on the bench and then used superglue to hold it down:
I then attacked it (in a gentle manner) with a finely set #4 until the saw marks were gone:
The result:
I then cut it up with a knife and oiled it with MMM, just because, well, why not?
To be honest, I think it's far too thin to be of any use (as a bookmark). I made some bookmarks out of thin wood a year or two ago. They were made using my thicknesser (taped down to a sled in the same manner as above), which took them down to 0.8 mm. They seem sufficiently robust, but 0.4 mm seems way too flimsy so I'm sure they'll break. It's nice to know it's possible though.
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