: Oops, I think I meant 'How thick?' I'm going to have to rip with a circular
: saw (blade held down, like a circular saw, not up, like a table saw), and
: I want to make sure my ripping guide can get close enough to the blade to
: yield the strips I need.

Paul G posted a while ago about a method of using a circ saw. Do a search for circular saw. And find a message dated Tuesday 30 Sept 2008 by Paul G. Jacobson. (I wish I knew how to get the url of the search results). Paul has a pic of a jig for a jig saw...and he describes how he modified it for a cicular saw setup.