gidon
Established Member
For the first time I had some Oak boards which were over 10" wide and just too wide for my p/t'er. I needed the maximum width because they are for some shelves. But scratched my head because I couldn't think of the easiest way to get these boards to the correct size (9.75") for the p/t'er.
They needed to be 1.5m long. The problem being of course that the edges were far from straight - so risk of kick back if just ripping the boards on the table saw. Did consider a handplane to get an edge straight but realised it was unrealistic that I'd get a straighter edge than was there already with a #5 - and quickly!
Could have used circular saw + straight edge I suppose but in the end got an straight edge on the jointer. Little tricky when I didn't have a smooth face to put against the fence. And finally did rip the boards to rough width on the table saw - but again not ideal because boards so rough.
So what do you folks favour - especially ones with 6" jointers who must be doing this all the time!
Cheers
Gidon
They needed to be 1.5m long. The problem being of course that the edges were far from straight - so risk of kick back if just ripping the boards on the table saw. Did consider a handplane to get an edge straight but realised it was unrealistic that I'd get a straighter edge than was there already with a #5 - and quickly!
Could have used circular saw + straight edge I suppose but in the end got an straight edge on the jointer. Little tricky when I didn't have a smooth face to put against the fence. And finally did rip the boards to rough width on the table saw - but again not ideal because boards so rough.
So what do you folks favour - especially ones with 6" jointers who must be doing this all the time!
Cheers
Gidon