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KBBS Archive 10,000
Re: bandsaw finish
Posted By: Paul Connolly In Response To: Re: bandsaw finish (Larry C.)
Date: Friday, 19 November 1999, at 1:31 p.m.
> Sure can Paul, How I made a stripmill: Cut a piece of MDF(or good plywood)
> about 18"square, drill a 1 1/2" hole in the center. lay two more
> strips of Mdf about 3" wide on top of the !8" piece a little
> wider apart than your strips and attach them with drywall screw in
> predrilled holes. You now have a trough that resembles the miter slot in
> your table saw. Attach your router base (with screws) over the hole in the
> center. Make (or buy) small feather boards that will press down on strips
> on both the infeed and outfeed sides of the trough. I used corner brackets
> to hold the featherboards with wingnuts and screws for adjustment. The
> Router bit should be a bottom cleaning type that is wider than the strip.
> The one I used is for cleaning dado bottoms or for stair treads.It has a
> 1"cut. Screw a vacuum attachment on the bottom of the hole in the
> center and attach the whole unit to a workmate. The router can be adjusted
> to cut .001 - .010" per pass, just feed the strip through the trough
> and push the strip throuh with the next one.> Larry C.
Thanks Larry - I get it now. Sounds like a great inexpensive way to plane anything < 1" wide.
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