straight cut wavy lumber?

[jackal]

hi

I have been cutting my air dried oak here in France with a chalk line and then running through the saw but its a long process and not very accurate for me. My question is there any panel saw designs or methods that could help, I have a Jet supersaw 10inch and a 14inch band saw and variuos skilsaws

thank you

 

[Peter Sefton]

Running free hand on the table saw following the chalk line can be tricky and throw the wood back at you and burn the saw blade.

We would use a 50 mm wide strip of MDF and pin it to the sap wood on the wide side of the plank and set the saw blade to 50 mm from the fence to match your MDF strip. If you pass the timber steadily through the saw you should get a clean repeatable job without resetting the fence. This will work on the table saw or the band saw, table saw is quicker, band saw safer.

 

[jackal]

cheers peter thats a really simple technique, I just wish I thought of it!

has any one got any more ideas or machine desgns for the process

 

[Giff]

I have made up a sled for doing this. It is 18mm birch ply, 2mtrs long and a bit narrower that the widest board. It has built up blocks that take toggle clamps ( you must use the ones that are upright when closed). I run the sled / carrier down the fence to get one square edge. I usually surface plane one flat side as well before cutting.Hope that helps. Geoff

 

[marcros]

when i did this, i got a long piece/scrap of mdf/mfc, and screwed it to the wayney edge timber (into sapwood), so that it was more or less parallel with where i planned to remove the sapwood/bark on the far side of the board. I then ran this mdf edge against the fence and made a first cut. I removed the mdf and made the second cut by running the just cut edge along the fence. If i hadnt quite caught enough of the sapwood, i could make a another cut on the first side as required. It seemed to be reasonably quick- I was purely trimming wayney edged boards into squareish edge ones, removing the sapwood and any insect holes before letting it inside the store.

If I had a regular need to do this, i would be tempted to buy a cheap or otherwise track saw.

 

[Peter T]

I use my TS55 tracksaw to clean up waney edge boards.

I don't have a table saw so that's not an option. I do have a band saw but I find trying to guide long, heavy boards through this to be a real faff, and not very accurate.

The tracksaw option is good because you are moving the saw rather than the board, and the TS55 will easily cut 2 inch oak with the right blade.

 

[jackal]

I use my TS55 tracksaw to clean up waney edge boards.

I don't have a table saw so that's not an option. I do have a band saw but I find trying to guide long, heavy boards through this to be a real faff, and not very accurate.

The tracksaw option is good because you are moving the saw rather than the board, and the TS55 will easily cut 2 inch oak with the right blade.

but Im a poor france based woodworker and that looks pricey :?

 

[JakeS]

I use my TS55 tracksaw to clean up waney edge boards.

I have a waney board earmarked for a "when the temperatures higher and I can spend longer in the garage without my fingers falling off" project; my plan was more or less the same.

Except I don't have a tracksaw, so I was going to draw a straight line, jigsaw to fairly close then use a sawboard to trim the edge with a handheld circular saw.

 

[RogerS]

I use my TS55 tracksaw to clean up waney edge boards.

I have a waney board earmarked for a "when the temperatures higher and I can spend longer in the garage without my fingers falling off" project; my plan was more or less the same.

Except I don't have a tracksaw, so I was going to draw a straight line, jigsaw to fairly close then use a sawboard to trim the edge with a handheld circular saw.

Aren't you doubling your work with this method?

 

[RussInFR]

Moving the saw rather than the timber is always going to be easier, safer and more accurate. If you have a suitable circular saw you could make a track for it from sheet wood of some sort. Just add a thicker piece to a thin one roughly the distance from the blade to the edge of the saws base plate. Place the lumber on some trestles with sacrificial timber underneath, set the height on the saw accordingly and you have a track saw.
Recently saw in my local Weldom that Scheppach have brought out a TS55 copy for around 140 Euro. Not Festool quality but pretty good value. Flaming amazing value in fact considering tool prices in France!

Where in France?

Russ

 

[JakeS]

Aren't you doubling your work with this method?

Maybe, but it's a much thicker board than I've ever cut with the circular saw, and it's not the tool I want to find straining!

I took the bark off with the jigsaw when I first got it, so I know that copes - and I'd be much less worried about the jigsaw getting stuck and kicking.

If it goes through it without hesitation, then next time I'll just go straight to the circular saw.

 

[Peter T]

I use my TS55 tracksaw to clean up waney edge boards.

I don't have a table saw so that's not an option. I do have a band saw but I find trying to guide long, heavy boards through this to be a real faff, and not very accurate.

The tracksaw option is good because you are moving the saw rather than the board, and the TS55 will easily cut 2 inch oak with the right blade.

but Im a poor france based woodworker and that looks pricey :?

As other people have said, you could fabricate a guide from lengths of MDF and use that with a cheaper saw.

Having said that, the TS55 is very useful. I use mine all the time instead od a table saw.

 

[jackal]

Moving the saw rather than the timber is always going to be easier, safer and more accurate. If you have a suitable circular saw you could make a track for it from sheet wood of some sort. Just add a thicker piece to a thin one roughly the distance from the blade to the edge of the saws base plate. Place the lumber on some trestles with sacrificial timber underneath, set the height on the saw accordingly and you have a track saw.
Recently saw in my local Weldom that Scheppach have brought out a TS55 copy for around 140 Euro. Not Festool quality but pretty good value. Flaming amazing value in fact considering tool prices in France!

Where in France?

Russ

We are in 87 Ora dour sir vayres and that track k looks interesting
Thank