I don't have room for a planner/thicknesser in the shed, so would a thicknesser similar to the picture do me a good job of leaving a finish as good as thou it had been planed?
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Antipodean rhyming slang, seppo = "septic tank" = Yank.
Antipodean rhyming slang, seppo = "septic tank" = Yank.
You can plane curved stock flat on a thicknesser if you screw it down to a reference surface like 1/2" plywood, wedge any gaps, then plane the top surface. Once that is flat you can turn it over and thickness it. Just make sure you use shortish screws and don't plane through to them or you will bugger your blades. I wrote an article about thicknessers in the March issue of Woodworking Plans and Projects.