The Flat Truth
Jan. 4th, 2015 01:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beamjockeyMatthew has a bunch of cherry boards and he wants to build bookcases with them. But, he says, he doesn't have a planer.
Now I know Matthew, a connoisseur of fine tools, would not want to purchase one of the plainer planers. No doubt he would prefer a fancier planer.
How to determine what planer to buy? Seek advice from someone knowledgable about these products, someone who appreciates quality. Matthew needs to talk to a planer fancier.
I wasn't sure what a planer was. My friends explained that it's a machine that cuts a smooth surface into a board, thereby rendering it planar. A planer with helical cutting heads is the best kind; a planer with straight blades might put scallops into your wood. This sounds like it might be fancier, but actually the fancier planer makes a smoother surface, so that the board is plainer.
Tullio said he thought that demanding a fancier planer was going overboard, so I pointed out that this is exactly what this machine is for, going over board. I'm sure any planer fancier would agree that this could hardly be plainer.
Now I know Matthew, a connoisseur of fine tools, would not want to purchase one of the plainer planers. No doubt he would prefer a fancier planer.
How to determine what planer to buy? Seek advice from someone knowledgable about these products, someone who appreciates quality. Matthew needs to talk to a planer fancier.
I wasn't sure what a planer was. My friends explained that it's a machine that cuts a smooth surface into a board, thereby rendering it planar. A planer with helical cutting heads is the best kind; a planer with straight blades might put scallops into your wood. This sounds like it might be fancier, but actually the fancier planer makes a smoother surface, so that the board is plainer.
Tullio said he thought that demanding a fancier planer was going overboard, so I pointed out that this is exactly what this machine is for, going over board. I'm sure any planer fancier would agree that this could hardly be plainer.
