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Re: Strip: Cutting strips- track saw v table saw
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 12/3/2014, 12:41 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Cutting strips- track saw v table saw *PIC* (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

I can use any board because I will cut the broad face into 3/4" widths, turn these on their sides and cut my strips off this, so the grain and color I see in the lumber yard will reveal all it's glory on the finished boat.

This method gives me more boards to choose from, I see the exact color and grain I want on my boat, and I'm handling small 3/4" thick pieces of wood to cut my final strips from. All good.

Rob-
Do you prefer flat-grain or vertical grain on the visible surface of your strips?
The big advantage of the 'traditional' way of cutting strips is that most of the boards (and most of the cheaper boards) in the yard will show flat grain on the face and vertical grain when sawn into strips.
Do you put your 3/4" boards through the surface planer, or is the sawn width and surface good enough for gluing?

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Strip: Cutting strips- track saw v table saw
Dan Thaler -- 11/30/2014, 2:30 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/30/2014, 4:17 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 11/30/2014, 4:32 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 11/30/2014, 5:55 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 11/30/2014, 5:59 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/30/2014, 6:10 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 11/30/2014, 6:21 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/30/2014, 7:20 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/30/2014, 6:15 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 11/30/2014, 6:22 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 11/30/2014, 6:27 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 11/30/2014, 6:45 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 11/30/2014, 6:55 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 11/30/2014, 7:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2014, 1:08 am
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John Messinger -- 12/2/2014, 6:33 am
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Daniel Thaler -- 12/2/2014, 12:51 pm
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Jay Babina -- 12/2/2014, 1:20 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/2/2014, 3:35 pm
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Jay Babina -- 12/4/2014, 8:32 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/2/2014, 3:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2014, 1:58 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/2/2014, 2:08 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 12/2/2014, 6:31 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/2/2014, 7:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2014, 2:01 am
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Etienne Muller -- 12/3/2014, 4:51 am
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Dan Thaler -- 12/3/2014, 6:17 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/3/2014, 10:00 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/3/2014, 12:41 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/3/2014, 2:24 pm
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wanderfalk -- 12/4/2014, 1:35 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/4/2014, 8:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2014, 7:59 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/4/2014, 11:11 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 12/4/2014, 11:59 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/4/2014, 1:28 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/4/2014, 3:13 pm
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Daniel Thaler -- 12/3/2014, 12:56 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/3/2014, 2:47 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/3/2014, 6:51 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 12/3/2014, 6:49 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 12/3/2014, 8:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/3/2014, 4:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/4/2014, 1:03 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/4/2014, 8:50 am
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Bill Mayberry -- 12/4/2014, 3:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2014, 3:28 am
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george jung -- 12/6/2014, 10:11 am
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Dan Thaler -- 12/6/2014, 10:21 am
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Dan Thaler -- 12/6/2014, 12:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2014, 3:30 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/6/2014, 10:41 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/6/2014, 1:15 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 12/4/2014, 11:38 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/4/2014, 6:36 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 12/5/2014, 4:26 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 12/5/2014, 8:57 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/5/2014, 9:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2014, 8:08 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/5/2014, 8:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/5/2014, 7:12 pm