jeffinfrance
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hi all,
as you may have guessed from my last post, i'm trying to cut up a load of 2.5m x 1.5m oak veneered blockboard.
each board (except two) has a unique cutting plan.
my process was going to be:
1 lay board lengthways with leading short edge butted up against crosscut fence and cut off rough edge.
2 set parallel fence for first width, slide clean cut edge onto parallel fence and cut.
3 repeat for second width.
4 take remaining panel by cut edge, flip over and but against crosscut fence again. set stop on crosscut fence, maneouvre piece and make final cut.
in theory, the quickest and easiest way to do it.
for the first panel, i only needed to repeat step 2, 3 times and they all came out perfect (after i paralleled my fence).
second was different widths so all steps used and not one piece is spot on. granted only a gnat's c*ck more than a millimetre, but irritating none the less. this stuff is expensive as well as big and heavy, so i'd rather get this right. can anyone see any flaws in my plan? keen to learn!
by the way, i did a test run of the tounge and grooved lipping idea on the shelves from the panel that went well. planed the lipping to exactly the thickness of the board, ran lipping and shelves through the spindle (30 minutes), hint of glue, tap with a mallet.......perfect!
some success then.
all the best,
jeff
as you may have guessed from my last post, i'm trying to cut up a load of 2.5m x 1.5m oak veneered blockboard.
each board (except two) has a unique cutting plan.
my process was going to be:
1 lay board lengthways with leading short edge butted up against crosscut fence and cut off rough edge.
2 set parallel fence for first width, slide clean cut edge onto parallel fence and cut.
3 repeat for second width.
4 take remaining panel by cut edge, flip over and but against crosscut fence again. set stop on crosscut fence, maneouvre piece and make final cut.
in theory, the quickest and easiest way to do it.
for the first panel, i only needed to repeat step 2, 3 times and they all came out perfect (after i paralleled my fence).
second was different widths so all steps used and not one piece is spot on. granted only a gnat's c*ck more than a millimetre, but irritating none the less. this stuff is expensive as well as big and heavy, so i'd rather get this right. can anyone see any flaws in my plan? keen to learn!
by the way, i did a test run of the tounge and grooved lipping idea on the shelves from the panel that went well. planed the lipping to exactly the thickness of the board, ran lipping and shelves through the spindle (30 minutes), hint of glue, tap with a mallet.......perfect!
some success then.
all the best,
jeff