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Re: Cutting strips, long fence
By:Grant Goltz
Date: 4/4/2001, 2:01 pm
In Response To: Re: Cutting strips, setting up table saw (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

: You may want to make a fence extension so you have a good long fence to help
: keep the plank feeding straight.

I never use a long fence for cutting strips. With a long fence, you need to have a very straight edge on your board. You only need to have the section of the plank straight that is at the blade. One problem with a long fence is that many boards, espicially wide ones, have a lot of tension in them which is gradually released as strips are sawed off, causing the remaining board to gradually develope a curve. When this happens, your long fence becomes either non functional or a problem, depending on which way the board warps. Just my opinion. Never had a problem keeping the strips uniform, just push the board through the saw Rehd says and do it by myself like Rob.

Grant
Squeedunk Kayaks

Messages In This Thread

Cutting strips, setting up table saw
Andy Hastings -- 4/2/2001, 9:40 am
Re: Cutting strips, setting up table saw
Charlie Lesh -- 4/3/2001, 3:41 pm
Re: Cutting strips, setting up table saw
Bob -- 4/2/2001, 10:38 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/3/2001, 4:30 pm
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MikeWhy -- 4/3/2001, 11:08 pm
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Geo. Cushing -- 4/4/2001, 4:31 pm
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Ronnie -- 4/4/2001, 3:12 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/4/2001, 9:49 am
Re: Cutting strips, setting up table saw
Ronnie -- 4/2/2001, 2:33 pm
Re: Cutting strips, setting up table saw
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/2/2001, 9:59 am
Re: Cutting strips, long fence
Grant Goltz -- 4/4/2001, 2:01 pm
extremely short fence
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/4/2001, 9:16 pm
Re: Cutting strips, setting up table saw
Andy Hastings -- 4/2/2001, 10:01 am
Re: Cutting strips, setting up table saw
Rehd -- 4/2/2001, 8:16 pm
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Steve L -- 4/2/2001, 1:12 pm