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Should You
Have A Thickness Planer In Your Shop?
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Why five Shopsmith Customers bought their Thickness Planers
One of the best ways to determine whether or not owning a planer is a good idea, is to ask other woodworkers why they chose to invest in one. So, we asked some of the members of our “Shopsmith Family” why they decided to buy theirs. Here are their answers....
Richard N. Oliver of Galveston, Texas is a deep water navigator. “Woodworking is a hobby I do when I'm on vacation. I make toys for kids and use a lot of shop scrap. I also bring home wood that I find in foreign countries. Most of this is very rough, and my planer will quickly and easily get it ready for use.”
Winfred E. Kennedy, Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina is a computer analyst. “I don't have the time or money to waste on “finished lumber” that I get from the lumberyard. I want to be able to go out to my shop and get the wood I need, when I need it, and how I want it. I'll need to do less work in my planning stages, since I won't have to be restricted to “standard” projects. It's OK to buy finished lumber by the load if you're building a house, but if you're building furniture, you need unique quality in the wood you use. Without a planer, I'd have to suit every project to the limited wood that's available.”
Darrell Taylor of Tunnel Hill, Georgia is a welder. “I own a Shopsmith MARK V and a couple of Special Purpose Tools - the Bandsaw and Jointer. I use them a lot in my woodworking hobby to make a variety of things - furniture, accessories, shop jigs and so on. I hope to use them even more when I can prepare my own stock on my own planer. I've had some old, rough walnut on hand for some time, now. That will be the first batch of wood I put through my new planer.”
Dan O'Donnell of East Syracuse, New York is a bridge repair mechanic. “I don't like the wood they have at the lumberyard, but without my planer, I'd be forced to take it. Now, I'll be able to buy less expensive rough cut stock and plane it myself!”
Roy F. Truax of Merryville, Indiana is a steelworker. “I bought my Shopsmith Planer to save planing costs, get the exact thickness of stock that I need and attain higher quality surfaces than commercial planers offer.”
Charlie A. Ortega of Santa Fe, New Mexico “Woodworking for me is mostly a hobby. The problem I've had is that most of the lumber I have on hand is very old, hard to cut and hard to use. Without my planer, I'd be forced to do a whole lot of power sanding. With my planer, this old wood will be much easier for me to use.”
