I'm a local craftsperson based in Fowey, Cornwall.

I like to make things from the timber for my own pleasure as a hobby and to make gifts for family and friends. Because using trees simply as firewood is extremely unimaginative.

I make things such as spoons, mirror frames, chopping blocks, cheeseboards, wooden sculptures, wall art hangings, candle holders and so on.

Lots of the things I make require me to cut planks first using a chainsaw and then a planer and sander to neaten and finish the edges. I need a better way of doing this. Firstly becasue it is a long drawn-out process, secondly because it's hard to get a perfect finish and thirdly because the nature of the tools means they give a very high dosage of vibration which leads to things like white-finger and hand-arm vibration syndrome - which I'm anxious to avoid.

A thicknesser will give me the capability of producing planks quickly and safely leaving me with more time to work on making arts and crafts and vitally will allow me to do it safely.

I don't have much money and I need two hundred pounds for my desired planer, in return I'm offering who donate £20 a cheeseboard hand-crafted and decoratively engraved. Made from locally-sourced timber.

If you donate £40 I can make you a 'ripple effect' artistic wall-hanging which, trust me, look awesome. (see some unfinished ones below).

I've uploaded a few pics of work I've done recently so you can see what I like to do with my hobby.

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I need a thickness planer. I'm opting for the Erbauer ERB709BTE Thicknesser http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-erb709bte-318mm-thicknesser because it will work big enough planks for me.