That's a lot of oak. You'll probably want a surface planer too, or a planer thicknesser combo machine. A standalone thicknesser isnt really designed to flatten boards, if you put them on bowed/twisted/cupped they come out the same. I flattened mine using a sled jig trick, but it's slow and a pita (but does work)
Thanks - way beyond my skill level at this stage but I'm playing a long game so imagine I've got a good decade or more still of reading/tinkering before I really put it to use.
That's a lot of oak. You'll probably want a surface planer too, or a planer thicknesser combo machine. A standalone thicknesser isnt really designed to flatten boards, if you put them on bowed/twisted/cupped they come out the same. I flattened mine using a sled jig trick, but it's slow and a pita (but does work)