How do I make planks?

[Oedipus's Stepdad]

Everytime I drill them from logs it makes notched planks which I can't use for contruction

[red13seto]

saw them with a saw

[Pwnisher]

Like he said. Chop your logs, and with them all on the ground, right click to saw with a saw/garden saw - They will turn into planks on the floor.

[Shady Allie]

if you have a saw: click on the logs on the ground, the saw logs option is available and you will saw them and the planks will plop on the ground.

Here is a little trick to save picking them up:

open your inventory, and right click on your saw. choose saw logs and BAM they saw and plop into your inventory and not on the ground. (when you get to max encumbrance and can carry no more planks, the rest will plop on the ground.)

[Nordil(Hun)]

Press B to check the recipe menu and look it up next time.

[Shady Allie]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Press B to check the recipe menu and look it up next time.

LOL
I really want to eat, but just can't take the time to move my jaw up and down. Chew my food for me.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Shady Allie:

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Press B to check the recipe menu and look it up next time.

LOL
I really want to eat, but just can't take the time to move my jaw up and down. Chew my food for me.

Might sound funny but there are a few recipes that most folks do not really find that self explanatory. Also it is a good way to check what is new in the game:)

[Amereth]

I am more curious to know if anyone ever used the Notched plank to start a fire.

There is so many lighter all over the place even with extremely rare drop.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by Shady Allie:

LOL
I really want to eat, but just can't take the time to move my jaw up and down. Chew my food for me.

Might sound funny but there are a few recipes that most folks do not really find that self explanatory. Also it is a good way to check what is new in the game:)

i think the real problem is how unintuitively some things are broken up into crafting menu recipes and right click context menu stuff.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Amereth:

I am more curious to know if anyone ever used the Notched plank to start a fire.

There is so many lighter all over the place even with extremely rare drop.

Yeah i did.
In my current run i have found during my first two or so weeks...1 box of matches and it had only 2 uses(so 2 matches i think?). Since my guy is a smoker i used it to smoke.
I also did not find a lot of those food you can eat for longer times, that you can eat in portions (like mac and cheese or cereals) but i found a number of canned food. So since i always carry a frying pan with me, a few newspapers/magazines. I usually got some planks(disassamble, or cut down tree and saw) made a campfire over grovel and made the stir fry over it. Saved food, i did not need matches, and i cooked still cook. (You apparantly cannot light the gas BBQ-s and the normal BBQ-s via this way only campfire. So no smoking neither:( cant use a sturdy stick to make it into a makeshift lighter for your smoke.)

Even though i have now about 12 lighters and 15 matches, i still use the notched plank and the sturdy stick to make a fire.

[stevasaur]

I've been able to light regular BBQs with the notched plank + stick combo. Haven't tried the propane BBQs.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by stevasaur:

I've been able to light regular BBQs with the notched plank + stick combo. Haven't tried the propane BBQs.

Oh? Nice, i will have to get one then. Allthough i just got my antique oven which i need to install:)