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Re: bandsaw finish
By:Paul Connolly
Date: 11/19/1999, 1:31 pm
In Response To: Re: bandsaw finish (Larry C.)

> 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.

Messages In This Thread

ripping strips for cedarstrip kayak
Robert Beggs -- 11/16/1999, 6:53 am
Re: ripping strips for cedarstrip kayak
Jim Richardson -- 11/16/1999, 2:20 pm
Re: ripping strips for cedarstrip kayak
Jim McCool -- 11/16/1999, 9:42 am
Re: ripping strips for cedarstrip kayak
Rehd -- 11/16/1999, 10:31 pm
It's working Rehd:
Jim McCool -- 11/17/1999, 9:34 am
Re: Trade you saws!
Don Beale -- 11/18/1999, 1:14 am
bandsaw resawing strips
Ed Valley -- 11/18/1999, 12:05 pm
Re: You should see mine
Mike Hanks -- 11/18/1999, 11:06 am
Re: ripping strips for cedarstrip kayak
Don Beale -- 11/17/1999, 1:45 am
Re: ripping strips for cedarstrip kayak
Derek -- 11/16/1999, 9:05 am
Re: bandsaw finish
Don Beale -- 11/16/1999, 9:35 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Rehd -- 11/16/1999, 9:57 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Don Beale -- 11/16/1999, 10:22 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Rehd -- 11/16/1999, 10:37 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Hank -- 11/17/1999, 8:34 am
Re: bandsaw finish
Derek -- 11/17/1999, 9:23 am
Re: bandsaw finish
Larry C. -- 11/17/1999, 9:14 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Paul Connolly -- 11/18/1999, 3:53 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Larry C. -- 11/18/1999, 7:30 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Paul Connolly -- 11/19/1999, 1:31 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Jim Richardson -- 11/19/1999, 6:29 pm
Re: bandsaw finish
Larry C. -- 11/19/1999, 8:43 pm