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Re: Strip: Problem Cutting strips *PIC*
By:Jay Babina
Date: 1/16/2013, 4:08 pm
In Response To: Strip: Problem Cutting strips (Thor)

I have never done it with a skill saw but a long fence is totally opposite of what you want. You want a short fence.

Look at it this way: imagine cutting strips with a band saw and a curved piece of wood. if you had a small bearing pressing the wood in right at the point of contact with the blade, you could cut nice evenly thick strips. Your long fence will bridge across any warps and make thin strips.

I too have ruined wood using a long fence on my table saw. Fortunately I caught it after 4 strips. I now use a short fence that ends at the end of the blade. I don't care what the board does after it passes the blade.
The other thing you can do is snap a string line and true up the board edge with a plane.

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Strip: Problem Cutting strips
Thor -- 1/14/2013, 9:53 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/14/2013, 11:14 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/14/2013, 11:19 pm
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Allan -- 1/15/2013, 12:10 am
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Thor -- 1/15/2013, 2:49 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/16/2013, 8:47 am
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Nick Riccardi -- 1/15/2013, 7:36 am
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Todd Olson -- 1/15/2013, 3:58 pm
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Kevin -- 1/15/2013, 7:15 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 1/15/2013, 8:51 pm
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Jay Babina -- 1/16/2013, 4:08 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/16/2013, 5:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2013, 12:50 am
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Thor -- 1/16/2013, 5:25 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/16/2013, 6:10 pm
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Allan -- 1/16/2013, 6:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2013, 12:53 am
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John Abercrombie -- 1/17/2013, 1:51 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/17/2013, 4:22 am
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Tom Thomas -- 1/17/2013, 8:44 am
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John Abercrombie -- 1/17/2013, 12:05 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/17/2013, 12:48 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/17/2013, 1:49 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/18/2013, 2:19 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/17/2013, 1:53 pm
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Mike Savage -- 1/18/2013, 2:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/19/2013, 12:52 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/19/2013, 9:03 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/17/2013, 2:30 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/17/2013, 11:44 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/19/2013, 12:45 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/19/2013, 4:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/19/2013, 4:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/19/2013, 10:46 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/17/2013, 3:51 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/17/2013, 4:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/19/2013, 12:56 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/19/2013, 10:55 am
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PatrickC -- 1/17/2013, 7:17 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/17/2013, 8:07 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/17/2013, 11:31 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/19/2013, 12:16 pm
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John Abercrombie -- 1/19/2013, 8:36 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 1/19/2013, 10:08 pm
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Tom Thomas -- 1/19/2013, 10:54 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/20/2013, 4:32 am