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What wood to use to replace transom?
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<blockquote data-quote="cron78" data-source="post: 512867" data-attributes="member: 34291"><p>Update on the old Meyers transom I am working on. Work and life got in the way of fixing the transom last August, but it is cut out, sanded, and has the first coat of spar varnish on it today. Lesson learned is that planing white oak is a bear. I worked half an hour on my little Rigid benchtop planer and got nowhere. Didn't get even a sixteenth removed. Swallowed my pride and carried the wood to the millwork shop I bought it at years ago and they planed it down in three passes. The difference is that flat blade benchtop planers are not made to work on white oak. The shop has a 200 tooth planer that is huge and impressive. What else is impressive is that they didn't even charge me for the two minutes of planer time. Got it home and very carefully managed to cut the shapes I needed with my table saw and saber saw. Orbital sander works fine, too on the white oak. Just the planing was the problem.</p><p></p><p>Will finish the light sanding and varnishing and install for splashdown in two weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cron78, post: 512867, member: 34291"] Update on the old Meyers transom I am working on. Work and life got in the way of fixing the transom last August, but it is cut out, sanded, and has the first coat of spar varnish on it today. Lesson learned is that planing white oak is a bear. I worked half an hour on my little Rigid benchtop planer and got nowhere. Didn't get even a sixteenth removed. Swallowed my pride and carried the wood to the millwork shop I bought it at years ago and they planed it down in three passes. The difference is that flat blade benchtop planers are not made to work on white oak. The shop has a 200 tooth planer that is huge and impressive. What else is impressive is that they didn't even charge me for the two minutes of planer time. Got it home and very carefully managed to cut the shapes I needed with my table saw and saber saw. Orbital sander works fine, too on the white oak. Just the planing was the problem. Will finish the light sanding and varnishing and install for splashdown in two weeks. [/QUOTE]
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