Hi all, the title says, new to the forum and just starting my journey into woodworking. I am based near Thame in Buckinghamshire. I must say that my bank balance has taken a hit after getting a DeWalt table saw, Trend router table and router and various hand tools. The thing that surprised me is the cost of quality wood. Now it has me thinking that owning a Thicknesser may pay for itself pretty quickly, I would welcome some feedback on this.
New to woodworking and new to the forum.
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Wood cost a lot, esp once you get into the hard woods and exotic
Wood cost a lot, esp once you get into the hard woods and exotic
Stigmorgan
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Welcome to the asylum from an old Aylesbury duck now living in Surrey 
Hi there and welcome , the 1st thing you should consider is what type of projects you will be making and how often . It’s easy to buy machine after machine without considering how often it will get used . Money can often be better spent on smaller tools that will get used on a daily basis. That said if you need a thicknesser then you need to have sufficient space in front of it and behind to allow you to feed in longer lengths of timber .. good luck with you journey ..
The same for saws and routers. I have to open my big garage and back garage door if I machine anything long.
I don’t have that option so I work outside when machining anything over a few feet .
Welcome to this very interesting place: to woodworkers and to amateur psychologists, anthropologists and sociologists.
Expensive wood? Skip diving; the cultivation of those in the building trades, especially renovations; junked furniture sellers ..... . I haven't bought timber from a timber merchant in 25 years. (The last time was too shocking to the wallet, even then). The timbers I've got for nowt or nearly-nowt include:
Ash; oak; elm; cherry; walnut; iroko; teak; tulipwood; old growth pitch pine; afromosia; sapele; Honduras mahogany; Brazilian rosewood. Yes, Brazilian rosewood, once the bar top in a C17th inn, replaced by an MDF "refurbishment" and rescued from a bonfire.
This stuff is also very well seasoned, especially if its been in some other made-thing for 50 - 300 years. Some stuff looks like complete junk - old chemistry benches, for example. Under 0.5mm of chemical burns and glass-scratches there is pristine teak or afromosia up to 40mm thick.
Yes, get that planet-thicknesser.
