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Both slabs are now clued up one is flattened on the underside, and half way through the second one. There was a lot of veneration in the timber even off the same length, so quiet a bit of planing to do on the underside.
Ok I know the top has to be flat and straight and with no twist, but just how flat dose the underside have to be.
Thanks guys 😉
Hi Ken,
As long as the points where the base frame meets the underside of the top are co-plainer, flatness of the underside isn’t an all important factor.
If you’ve lots of material to remove I’d consider using a jack or fore plane with cambered iron before surfacing with a straight iron.  This typically makes short work of this kind of task. 😉
Dave / Gary ….Thanks guys, yeah I’m using a jack plane with a cambered blade to true them up.
Many thanks 🙂
What Gary said about making sure the top is true where the joints are is correct, but do the whole underside anyway,  whats more fun than hand planing a big surface like that :). And it’s good practice!  Show us a pic of the shaving pile after your finished 🙂
Yes good point Dave, the practice will be great for when I do the top side.
Opened the mouth / throat  on the No 6 things are going a lot faster now. 😉
Ok both slabs planned on the underside, no twist and flat. Quit pleased with todays results 🙂
Shavings I had three big bin liner bags full, and what you can see on the floor. I had fun today things went right for a change.
70mm/2-3/4″ is a very respectable bench top thickness 🙂