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I'm hesitant to write this as I feel I'm being quite stupid however I need a solution. I'm cutting about 1.5 metres in length - I need to cut it straight - I have a WorkMate - I clamp the piece of wood to the workmate saw half way - move it back a little to "jump" over the edge of the table and finish it off - the line is never straight - I use a straight rule to rule a line down the middle so the line I follow is straight yet not the cut. So I try a different tack - start at one end, jig sawing to the middle - so far so good. Then I start at the other end following the pencil line and... fail to join up by a mm. I tried clamping two boards either side as a guide but there always seems to be some give and the cut is a little crooked. Very frustrated that such a basic thing is proving to be so difficult - any suggestions to make feel less dumb then I currently do is greatly appreciated. (By the way the wood is from pallets and I'm giving my mate the scraps for his woodburner so at least theres no waste)
Now that I'm here.... I just bought a jack plane - Its sharp however I need to stop every few minutes and clean out hard very compacted wood shavings/dust from where the blade meets the wood - I've tried varying the aperature between the wood and blade but then it doesent make the required plane. Once again, any ideas on how to address this is very welcome - it might be thats its a rubbish plane - I'm not saying it is as I don't really know a good one from bad. (Its a Clarkes £22.00),
Thanks, gar
I'm hesitant to write this as I feel I'm being quite stupid however I need a solution. I'm cutting about 1.5 metres in length - I need to cut it straight - I have a WorkMate - I clamp the piece of wood to the workmate saw half way - move it back a little to "jump" over the edge of the table and finish it off - the line is never straight - I use a straight rule to rule a line down the middle so the line I follow is straight yet not the cut. So I try a different tack - start at one end, jig sawing to the middle - so far so good. Then I start at the other end following the pencil line and... fail to join up by a mm. I tried clamping two boards either side as a guide but there always seems to be some give and the cut is a little crooked. Very frustrated that such a basic thing is proving to be so difficult - any suggestions to make feel less dumb then I currently do is greatly appreciated. (By the way the wood is from pallets and I'm giving my mate the scraps for his woodburner so at least theres no waste)
Now that I'm here.... I just bought a jack plane - Its sharp however I need to stop every few minutes and clean out hard very compacted wood shavings/dust from where the blade meets the wood - I've tried varying the aperature between the wood and blade but then it doesent make the required plane. Once again, any ideas on how to address this is very welcome - it might be thats its a rubbish plane - I'm not saying it is as I don't really know a good one from bad. (Its a Clarkes £22.00),
Thanks, gar