also known as: milling
The process of bringing rough lumber to final flat, square, sized pieces. Usually face-joint, edge-joint, plane to thickness, rip to width.
Spend the morning dimensioning before any joinery starts.
A machine that flattens one face and squares one edge of a rough board. The first stop in the four-square dimensioning process.
A machine (also called a thicknesser) that surfaces a board parallel to its reference face, bringing it to consistent thickness.
Lumber that has been milled flat, square, and parallel on all four sides — the goal of the dimensioning process.