rsulli16
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- Jun 9, 2010
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hi
just wondering, has anyone posted plans for a table saw sled that could help me make my blanks square, not just the ends like with a barrel trimmer.
the blanks i get are stated usually stated to be 3/4 by 3/4 by 5 inches or so. the problem is even just looking at them you can see they are NOT square, some even bowed(crowned?).
now i know you're supposed to joint one side, then the thickness planer then rip to get true squared lumber. but all i have in my shop is a table saw.
i blew the end out of a blank, thought i would put a narrow piece of a contrasting material on both ends of the blank after cutting off the damaged section. well one thing led to another, but the basic problem is the blanks not being square. caused a problem squaring the end of the blank and the piece of contrasting material to get a good glue joint. then drilling is a problem too when the blanks are too far out of square. and so on, one thing to another, all of which could be avoided if the darn thing was square before i started .
fortunatly the above blank was for a long click, even after the problem with getting something else glued to the ends, i ended making a polaris out of what was left. but i'm not always going to be able to do that.
any ideas?
Thanks
Sulli
just wondering, has anyone posted plans for a table saw sled that could help me make my blanks square, not just the ends like with a barrel trimmer.
the blanks i get are stated usually stated to be 3/4 by 3/4 by 5 inches or so. the problem is even just looking at them you can see they are NOT square, some even bowed(crowned?).
now i know you're supposed to joint one side, then the thickness planer then rip to get true squared lumber. but all i have in my shop is a table saw.
i blew the end out of a blank, thought i would put a narrow piece of a contrasting material on both ends of the blank after cutting off the damaged section. well one thing led to another, but the basic problem is the blanks not being square. caused a problem squaring the end of the blank and the piece of contrasting material to get a good glue joint. then drilling is a problem too when the blanks are too far out of square. and so on, one thing to another, all of which could be avoided if the darn thing was square before i started .
fortunatly the above blank was for a long click, even after the problem with getting something else glued to the ends, i ended making a polaris out of what was left. but i'm not always going to be able to do that.
any ideas?
Thanks
Sulli