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I used maple harwood flooring with a finish on it. Last night I put it
on my fence. I ran a straight edge, (the bottom of my square) along it
and at spots could see gaps under the straigtedge when I held it up to
light. Does this mean it is not straight or suitable for a fence?
I have some boards that dont have a straigth edge on them. They were
rough cut. I need to put one straight edge on it. I would like it to be
as straigt as possible. Would a 3 foot or so piece of angle iron
clamped to my table and a straight edge nailed to the board itself work
for this to get asuper straight edge? Is angle iron more straight than
a board?
Brian Henderson wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2006 13:59:27 -0800, "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have some in back of my truck now. It looks pretty straight to me.
>> Are you impling angle iron generally is not very straight?
>
> Actually, if you think about it, angle iron isn't straight, it's got
> that pesky angle in the middle of it. ;)
Maybe it could be used for perfect 90 degree crosscuts? :)
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I mean new angle iron, not bent up old.
Mike Marlow wrote:
> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > x-no-archive:yes
> >
> > I used maple harwood flooring with a finish on it. Last night I put it
> > on my fence. I ran a straight edge, (the bottom of my square) along it
> > and at spots could see gaps under the straigtedge when I held it up to
> > light. Does this mean it is not straight or suitable for a fence?
> >
> > I have some boards that dont have a straigth edge on them. They were
> > rough cut. I need to put one straight edge on it. I would like it to be
> > as straigt as possible. Would a 3 foot or so piece of angle iron
> > clamped to my table and a straight edge nailed to the board itself work
> > for this to get asuper straight edge? Is angle iron more straight than
> > a board?
> >
>
> Nope. I've seen plenty of bent angle iron, so I guess it's not as straight
> as a board.
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
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My thinking is angle iron is alot straighter than most wood. What I
cant understand is why people here seem to frown on using it for an
auxillary rip fence. The origional rip fence is metal and not wood.
Mike Marlow wrote:
> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > x-no-archive:yes
> >
> > I mean new angle iron, not bent up old.
>
> I was trying to be funny. How about thinking through this. Do you "think"
> angle iron is straighter than wood? Not sure? Why not try the same test
> that you applied to your piece of flooring to a piece of angle iron?
>
> Really - you seem like a nice enough person. I don't think I've ever seen
> you post a real flame here. But fella - you gotta start thinking about
> things or just get out and try some things instead of just posting the
> amount of idle questions that you do. If you put the energy into trying
> some of these things first that you do into posting some of the questions
> that you do, you'd have a complete set of kitchen cabinets done by now.
>
> Come on - get a little daring. Don't post - do it. Just doggoned do-it.
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
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I have not tried yet. Why?
Mike Marlow wrote:
> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > x-no-archive:yes
> >
> > My thinking is angle iron is alot straighter than most wood. What I
> > cant understand is why people here seem to frown on using it for an
> > auxillary rip fence. The origional rip fence is metal and not wood.
>
> So... what did you find when you placed your square against the piece of
> angle iron? How's it working as an auxillary fence?
>
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
>
>
>
>
> > Mike Marlow wrote:
> > > "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > x-no-archive:yes
> > > >
> > > > I mean new angle iron, not bent up old.
> > >
> > > I was trying to be funny. How about thinking through this. Do you
> "think"
> > > angle iron is straighter than wood? Not sure? Why not try the same
> test
> > > that you applied to your piece of flooring to a piece of angle iron?
> > >
> > > Really - you seem like a nice enough person. I don't think I've ever
> seen
> > > you post a real flame here. But fella - you gotta start thinking about
> > > things or just get out and try some things instead of just posting the
> > > amount of idle questions that you do. If you put the energy into trying
> > > some of these things first that you do into posting some of the
> questions
> > > that you do, you'd have a complete set of kitchen cabinets done by now.
> > >
> > > Come on - get a little daring. Don't post - do it. Just doggoned
> do-it.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > -Mike-
> > > [email protected]
> >
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I have some in back of my truck now. It looks pretty straight to me.
Are you impling angle iron generally is not very straight?
darkon wrote:
> stryped <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Mike Marlow wrote:
> >> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > x-no-archive:yes
> >> >
> >> > My thinking is angle iron is alot straighter than most wood.
> >> > What I cant understand is why people here seem to frown on
> >> > using it for an auxillary rip fence. The origional rip fence
> >> > is metal and not wood.
> >>
> >> So... what did you find when you placed your square against
> >> the piece of angle iron? How's it working as an auxillary
> >> fence?
> >
> > I have not tried yet. Why?
>
> If you go to a store and actually look at a piece of angle iron you
> could answer your own questions, at least partly.
On 29 Mar 2006 13:59:27 -0800, "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have some in back of my truck now. It looks pretty straight to me.
>Are you impling angle iron generally is not very straight?
Actually, if you think about it, angle iron isn't straight, it's got
that pesky angle in the middle of it. ;)
> I used maple harwood flooring with a finish on it. Last night I put it
> on my fence. I ran a straight edge, (the bottom of my square) along it
> and at spots could see gaps under the straigtedge when I held it up to
> light. Does this mean it is not straight or suitable for a fence?
>
> I have some boards that dont have a straigth edge on them. They were
> rough cut. I need to put one straight edge on it. I would like it to be
> as straigt as possible. Would a 3 foot or so piece of angle iron
> clamped to my table and a straight edge nailed to the board itself work
> for this to get asuper straight edge? Is angle iron more straight than
> a board?
>
I get amused when I see people talking about thousands of an inch
working with wood. Yes accuracy is needed but wood moves a lot before
and after it's cut. "Just a general statement!!"
Now you say you can see light in spots with a straight edge on your
fence. It depends on how big of a spot "length of dip" and the length of
piece your cutting. For an exaggerated example. If your fence starts at
zero and dips in a 1/16" then returns to zero and that dip is only 1/2"
in length along the fence and always cutting something say 6" or longer.
The board has several inches of support before the dip then several
inches after the dip, the board sees this as a straight fence. Now this
is untrue if you put a straight edge on your fence and you can see light
along a good portion of the fence.
Nailing a straight edge to a rough cut board and running it along the
fence is a great way to get one straight edge on it.
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive:yes
>
> I mean new angle iron, not bent up old.
I was trying to be funny. How about thinking through this. Do you "think"
angle iron is straighter than wood? Not sure? Why not try the same test
that you applied to your piece of flooring to a piece of angle iron?
Really - you seem like a nice enough person. I don't think I've ever seen
you post a real flame here. But fella - you gotta start thinking about
things or just get out and try some things instead of just posting the
amount of idle questions that you do. If you put the energy into trying
some of these things first that you do into posting some of the questions
that you do, you'd have a complete set of kitchen cabinets done by now.
Come on - get a little daring. Don't post - do it. Just doggoned do-it.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive:yes
>
> I used maple harwood flooring with a finish on it. Last night I put it
> on my fence. I ran a straight edge, (the bottom of my square) along it
> and at spots could see gaps under the straigtedge when I held it up to
> light. Does this mean it is not straight or suitable for a fence?
>
> I have some boards that dont have a straigth edge on them. They were
> rough cut. I need to put one straight edge on it. I would like it to be
> as straigt as possible. Would a 3 foot or so piece of angle iron
> clamped to my table and a straight edge nailed to the board itself work
> for this to get asuper straight edge? Is angle iron more straight than
> a board?
>
Nope. I've seen plenty of bent angle iron, so I guess it's not as straight
as a board.
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-Mike-
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"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> x-no-archive:yes
>
> My thinking is angle iron is alot straighter than most wood. What I
> cant understand is why people here seem to frown on using it for an
> auxillary rip fence. The origional rip fence is metal and not wood.
So... what did you find when you placed your square against the piece of
angle iron? How's it working as an auxillary fence?
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-Mike-
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> Mike Marlow wrote:
> > "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > x-no-archive:yes
> > >
> > > I mean new angle iron, not bent up old.
> >
> > I was trying to be funny. How about thinking through this. Do you
"think"
> > angle iron is straighter than wood? Not sure? Why not try the same
test
> > that you applied to your piece of flooring to a piece of angle iron?
> >
> > Really - you seem like a nice enough person. I don't think I've ever
seen
> > you post a real flame here. But fella - you gotta start thinking about
> > things or just get out and try some things instead of just posting the
> > amount of idle questions that you do. If you put the energy into trying
> > some of these things first that you do into posting some of the
questions
> > that you do, you'd have a complete set of kitchen cabinets done by now.
> >
> > Come on - get a little daring. Don't post - do it. Just doggoned
do-it.
> >
> > --
> >
> > -Mike-
> > [email protected]
>
In article <[email protected]>,
"stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>
>>I have some in back of my truck now. It looks pretty straight to me.
>>Are you impling angle iron generally is not very straight?
>From here, it sounds more like he's telling you that you need to
invest >more
>effort in figuring things out for yourself.
When I started college many moons ago, the first professor I had told us
something I never forgot; "School is the place you go to learn how to
learn. But until you begin working in your chosen field, you will never
learn very much about your field."
By taking the groups advise and doing things yourself first, and *then*
asking questions to fill in the holes, you will likely learn very much
more and learn it faster. So go try things out first. If it doesn't
work, ask yourself first "Why didn't it?"
That being said, until I straightened out my fence, which was only about
.010" depressed near the blade for about 8", and a few thousandths out
at the ends, every piece of wood I cut was curved, even when attaching a
straightedge to the board and running the straightedge on the fence
during the cut. If I mated two cut pieces together there was always a
significant gap like an inverse hourglass shape between them. Since I
don't yet have a jointer or planer, this gap made the boards unusable.
I got the idea of checking the fence straightness by reading the old
posts from this group, and the discussions about fence straightness
started by someone who had the same problem and cured it by making his
fence straight. I shimmed my fence with tape under the UHMW. Worked like
a charm - every board comes out with a straight edge now.
Sailaway
In article <[email protected]>, "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
>I have some in back of my truck now. It looks pretty straight to me.
>Are you impling angle iron generally is not very straight?
From here, it sounds more like he's telling you that you need to invest more
effort in figuring things out for yourself.
>darkon wrote:
>> stryped <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Mike Marlow wrote:
>> >> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >> news:[email protected]...
>> >> > x-no-archive:yes
>> >> >
>> >> > My thinking is angle iron is alot straighter than most wood.
>> >> > What I cant understand is why people here seem to frown on
>> >> > using it for an auxillary rip fence. The origional rip fence
>> >> > is metal and not wood.
>> >>
>> >> So... what did you find when you placed your square against
>> >> the piece of angle iron? How's it working as an auxillary
>> >> fence?
>> >
>> > I have not tried yet. Why?
>>
>> If you go to a store and actually look at a piece of angle iron you
>> could answer your own questions, at least partly.
>
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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
stryped <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mike Marlow wrote:
>> "stryped" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > x-no-archive:yes
>> >
>> > My thinking is angle iron is alot straighter than most wood.
>> > What I cant understand is why people here seem to frown on
>> > using it for an auxillary rip fence. The origional rip fence
>> > is metal and not wood.
>>
>> So... what did you find when you placed your square against
>> the piece of angle iron? How's it working as an auxillary
>> fence?
>
> I have not tried yet. Why?
If you go to a store and actually look at a piece of angle iron you
could answer your own questions, at least partly.