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The Green
Initiative (Part III)
Thursday, August 28th, 2009
Once one flat surface is
achieved using the jointer the next step is to run each piece through
the thickness planer. This procedure will produce a
uniform thickness and also (inherently) guarantee
that each surface is completely parallel. The wood
is now known as S2S, or Surfaced 2 Sides. A
thickness sander can be used in the absence of a
planer although this technique is much more time
consuming.
After just a few minutes the
once unassuming boards are transformed into
beautiful pieces of wood (Figure 1). I use the word
"beauty" because the black streaks and staining
around the nail holes (Figure 2) adds character and
gives the wood a unique distressed appearance. One
edge was then jointed which resulted in boards knows
as S3S, or Surfaced 3 Sides. Once the boards are
ripped to uniform widths they will be ready to use
on the project and known as S4S, or Surfaced 4
Sides.
Figure
1
Figure 2
The boards, or slats, used for
the construction of the pallet were known as "rough
sawn", meaning they were cut to dimension and
immediately used without any dressing of the surface
with the thickness planer. Wood can be purchased
from a lumber supplier rough sawn, S2S, S3S or S4S.
However, keep in mind that additional machining
directly translates to additional cost. But that is
a topic for another blog entry.
(Green
Initiative Part
I)
(Green
Initiative Part II)
(Green
Initiative Part IV)
If you have any
questions or comments about this blog entry please
do not hesitate to
send me an e-mail. Thanks and be
safe when working with tools!!!
Burgie
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Robert Burgoyne, also known as "Burgie",
has been doing woodworking for nearly 30
years. He started learning at an early
age in his grandfather's garage and
continued while working with his father
in construction. The hobby has now
become a business with Creative
Landscape Accents. Burgie builds
high quality woodworking projects for
the outdoors and also enjoys making
decorative accent pieces for inside the
house. While not working in his shop
doing woodworking Burgie enjoys
computers, restoring his old
1964
Chevy C60 2-ton dump truck and
riding his Harley-Davidson Road King
throughout beautiful Colorado.
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