Subject: Re: Creating a FIRST straight-edge

From: "Ed Reiss" <[email-masked]>
Date: 25 Mar 1997 04:11:27 GMT

David
The idea here is to get a fence that is longer than the piece. To that end
a ten foot length of 2" angle iron clamped to your tablesaw's fence would
give you that extra contact surface to get a straight FIRST cut.
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Ed Reiss
Berea KY
[email-masked]

....don't just stand there.....make something!!
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DMarlen <[email-masked]> wrote in article
<[email-masked]>...
> I bought some exotic woods at a lumber warehouse.  Nice prices, I
> believed.  Anyway, I couldn't wait around while they ripped-trimmed one
> edge to make it straight.  It's always much easier to start with one side
> that is straight.  So my boards have neither side straight.  What's the
> best way to get one straight edge?
> 
> I do have a 6" jointer, so the table is maybe 28" long.  Not necessarily
> long enough to do the board.  I was wondering if there was a good way to
> do it on a tablesaw.
> 
> David.
> 
>

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From: [email-masked] (Harvey Freeman)
Date: 30 Mar 1997 03:41:43 GMT

Ed Reiss ([email-masked]) wrote:
: David
: The idea here is to get a fence that is longer than the piece. To that end
: a ten foot length of 2" angle iron clamped to your tablesaw's fence would
: give you that extra contact surface to get a straight FIRST cut.
: -- 
: Ed Reiss
: Berea KY
: [email-masked]

Harvey Freeman [email-masked] wrote on March 27, 1997
I use the above concept but found that an aluminum tube from a commercial 
aluminum store front supplier to be far straighter.  They often have 
blemished material they will sell at a reasonable price. 
 
: ....don't just stand there.....make something!!
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: DMarlen <[email-masked]> wrote in article
: <[email-masked]>...
: > I bought some exotic woods at a lumber warehouse.  Nice prices, I
: > believed.  Anyway, I couldn't wait around while they ripped-trimmed one
: > edge to make it straight.  It's always much easier to start with one side
: > that is straight.  So my boards have neither side straight.  What's the
: > best way to get one straight edge?
: > 
: > I do have a 6" jointer, so the table is maybe 28" long.  Not necessarily
: > long enough to do the board.  I was wondering if there was a good way to
: > do it on a tablesaw.
: > 
: > David.
: > 
: > 

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