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So now I've got 177 ten foot strips measuring 5/16" x 3/4". I cut the strips 1/16" over 1/4" because I was afraid of the bandsaw blade wobbling on me. Well, my dad showed me how to tune up the bandsaw and with a new blade most of my strips are dead on at 5/16". I thought about running them through the planer/jointer I have, but that seems a tad tedious. I've also thought about beading and coving with 1/4" bits and leave the "thick" side out while stripping and just take the excess off while shaping, but that opens up another bag of worms.

I've never used a planer/molder before, but from the descriptions and pictures I've seen, it looks like I set the desired thickness and then just feed the pieces in. Would this be the tool to use if I can get my hands on one?

Thanks in advance!
Brian

Ok, Brian - I have experience both ways.

I did the veneering on my topsides using strakes that were cut fat but not uniform in thickness.

I veneered my deck with uniform thickness strakes. (Yes, I bought a planer)

The difference is time. You either are going to spend time sanding your strips to a uniform thickness after installation or you are going to spend the time and run them thru the planer.

Given the option, I would spend the time to plane them. Life is just easier and it really does not take that much time. You can run several thru at a time and do a continuous feed.

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brian to run them through the planner set the thickness gauge to the thickness of your material and start there if you set it for your final thickness first and run them you might take to much off at one time and end up with bad checking or split or burned up material im sure you could get away with taking off a 1/16 in one pas but i would not chance it after all that resawing youve done plus if you take a little off one side then flip and do the other both sides are nice and smooth.

Brian; when running thin pieces thru a thickness planer, you'll lose a bit at each end, as the thin material will bend up after it passes over the tension roller and be taken off by the knives. I'd still use it tho. If you have one side flat and are only 1/16 over, go ahead and do it in one pass. Just check your grain runout (up and towards you as you feed ) to avoid splitting out.
Doug