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Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
By:Ken
Date: 4/2/2001, 1:56 am

I have several 12 foot long by 6 inch wide planks of WRC that need to have one true edge cut before I cut my strips. I only have a table saw available. I've searched the web and found 3 different methods.

Rehd's Board Straightener: http://www.dbeweb.com/kayak/pages/rehd.html
Cummins Board Straightener: http://www.woodcentral.com/shots/shot12.shtml
Table Saw Jig: http://www.glen-l.com/wood-plywood/plate10h.html

Rehd's Board Straightener looks like it requires a fine touch on the table saw. The other 2 require long, straight edged and flat stock (near impossible to find) to make a jig.

All of these methods look like they would work, but in my hands I'm afraid they would give marginal results.

How do I true one edge ... and do it well ... without wasting a lot of stock in the process? Is there a better way than any of the methods above?

Ken

Messages In This Thread

Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Ken -- 4/2/2001, 1:56 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Scott E. Davis -- 4/6/2001, 2:03 pm
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Jim Lindamood -- 4/3/2001, 8:34 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Rehd -- 4/4/2001, 1:51 am
Ice pick? :(
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/3/2001, 10:33 pm
Re: Ice pick? :(
MikeWhy -- 4/3/2001, 11:39 pm
scrap strips are great push sticks
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/4/2001, 12:47 am
Re: scrap strips are great push sticks
Rehd -- 4/4/2001, 1:43 am
Then again, why bother?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/3/2001, 12:09 am
Re: Exactly
Grant Goltz -- 4/4/2001, 1:41 pm
An opposite viewpt
mike allen ---> -- 4/2/2001, 4:00 pm
Call me old fashioned but....
Jay Babina -- 4/2/2001, 10:43 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
John Monfoe -- 4/2/2001, 5:32 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Long Planks
Ken -- 4/2/2001, 8:56 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Long Planks
Rob Macks -- 4/2/2001, 9:51 am
Re: Nothing wrong with a crooked board
Grant Goltz -- 4/4/2001, 1:27 pm
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Long Planks
Ken -- 4/2/2001, 4:44 pm
Re: Truing One Edge Of Long Planks
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/2/2001, 3:07 am
Re: Truing One Edge Of Long Planks
Rehd -- 4/2/2001, 3:45 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Rehd -- 4/2/2001, 2:57 am