Mastodawn

I'm currently sourcing materials for my next #woodworking project, but it's so f*ing hard, especially if you need preformatted (planed to thickness) stuff.

As a hobbyist you can only buy wood at the DIY store. Professional wood dealers only sell large quantities and only to professionals.

The wood I got from the DIY store is mostly glulam of questionable quality, but I still had to pay an arm and a leg for it.

So I prefer using salvaged boards, but it's hard to find any these days.

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Tito Swineflu Apr 24

@vvv
1: buy a planer. You'll love having it. I have a dewalt benchtop planer and it makes all the difference.
2: do you live in the us? If so, there's gotta be somewhere nearby that sells hardwood by the board foot.

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Victor von Void Apr 24

@tito_swineflu

1. I would love to, but I'm working in a 4 square meter (36 sq.feet) workshop that alss contains my workbench and wood storage (and other stuff), so there's no space for a planer.

2. Nope, I'm in Germany. getting decent timber is generally a pita here, due to the fact that lumber yards are unsually unwilling to sell small quantities (i.e. one or two boards) and carpenters etc. don't sell their stuff for tax reasons (at least that's what one of them told me).

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Tito Swineflu

@vvv I used to work on a tiny deck that meant I had to carry the planer out of storage every time I wanted to use it. It was still worth having.

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Victor von Void Apr 24

@tito_swineflu I'm living in an apartment complex, there is no deck to work on :D
But you are right: should I ever have the space for it the planer will be first thing on the list to buy (next to a miter saw)