options for finishing milled timber??

[mathuranatha]

G'day there fellas,
,
I'm fairly new to milling and never worked with rough sawed wood much before .I've been milling up studs and 4'x1' boards and i was going to build a cabin .Just wondering what I need to finish the rough sawed boards with?Just a sander like a 7" sander polisher , or would an orbital or a belt sander be better ? Or do I need a planer to use first?

Thanks Mat

 

[excess650]

I use a belt sander for slabs(table tops and such). If your lumber is just for framing and uniform, it should be fine. If you want it "perfect" use a thickness planer.

 

[tomtrees58]

i used a 12" dewalt planer tom trees

 

[BobL]

I use a 10" thicknesser and have a 16" planer waiting to be de-rusted.

 

[LAndrews]

Hey Bob - can you please explain what a thicknesser is? That one's new to me...and has me curious. Thanks!

 

[Freehand]

Here's a link to some thickness planershttp://www.irsauctions.com/index_search_results.asp?ind=50

 

[BobL]

Hey Bob - can you please explain what a thicknesser is? That one's new to me...and has me curious. Thanks!

Thicknesser : has a reference surface parallel to surface being planed, I think you guys call this a planer.
Jointer or planer with a fence : reference surface is at an angle (usually 90º) to the surface being planed
Planer : no reference surface just one face being made flat.

 

[BlueRider]

I feel like this is one of those "two countries seperated by a common language" things. I think it is actualy more like one country seperated by lack of a comon language.

In the US what is usually refered to as a lunch box planer is actually a thickness planer. and this style of machine with either a movable bed or a movable head is called a thickness planer no mater what size it is. If it has two cutting heads and can process both sides of a board in one pass it is a surfacer or surface planer. a planer is a hand held power tool that is also sometimes called a power plane. the reality is that most guys refer to their surface planers as a planer.