Any tricks for planing down a twisted stud in situ?

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Hi,

Got some studs that were installed in an old house and twisted when they were nailed in, as they're not straight onto the pencil line drawn on the floor. Can't take the studs out and reposition them as the opposite end is on a finished wall, so a bunch of laths are nailed to it, meaning I'll have to plane it down flat instead.

Is there any trick to doing it with an electric planer that doesn't just involve holding it at a slight angle towards the proud side (so you don't just continue the twist) and taking it slowly to try to make it 'good enough' in terms of being flat?
 
lc155 said:
Hi,

Got some studs that were installed in an old house and twisted when they were nailed in, as they're not straight onto the pencil line drawn on the floor. Can't take the studs out and reposition them as the opposite end is on a finished wall, so a bunch of laths are nailed to it, meaning I'll have to plane it down flat instead.

Is there any trick to doing it with an electric planer that doesn't just involve holding it at a slight angle towards the proud side (so you don't just continue the twist) and taking it slowly to try to make it 'good enough' in terms of being flat?
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Tack a batten down the high side as a guide
and plane both together or fux the batten in the high side at the finished level and use the flat surface as a guide for a multool to slice off the high piece and leave the batten in place for extra board support...slower but I've used that method before
 
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lostinthelight said:
Tack a batten down the high side as a guide
and plane both together or fux the batten in the high side at the finished level and use the flat surface as a guide for a multool to slice off the high piece and leave the batten in place for extra board support...slower but I've used that method before
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If I do that the same thing would happen, as the entire stud itself is twisted. I'd need to tack down the batten while packing it out against the side of the stuf to be flat. Is that what you meant?
 
Yes sorry I didn't make it clearer. when I said " finished level" the batten needs to be in the same plane as the line of the wall
 
lostinthelight said:
Yes the batten needs to be in the same plane as the line of the wall
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Which is going to be fun—all three studs on this small bit of wall are twisted, in different directions, too!

1800s builders were something else.
 
You could do with a laser and plane away the light which are the high or out of line spots
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