LRT asks:
>Hey Shopsmith owners:
>
>Any tips for ripping a 4x8 sheet of 1/4 inch plywood?
Former Shopsmith owner: 1" styrofoam laid over a frame of 2x4s on a couple
sawhorses.
Set the circular saw blade to 1/2" and use an edge guide.
Charlie Self
"Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
On 01 Sep 2003 16:25:44 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>LRT asks:
>
>>Hey Shopsmith owners:
>>
>>Any tips for ripping a 4x8 sheet of 1/4 inch plywood?
>
>Former Shopsmith owner: 1" styrofoam laid over a frame of 2x4s on a couple
>sawhorses.
>
>Set the circular saw blade to 1/2" and use an edge guide.
I do this even though I own a table saw. 4x8 goods, one person, and
lolly columns can make for a good ol' time. <G>
I skip the horses and put the foam right on the ground.
Barry
I'm new to woodworking and just got into it by picking up a used Shopsmith.
The guy I bought it from (he owned it for about 10 years) discouraged me
from trying to rip whole 4x8 sheets. He said that it was hard to do
accurately and even harder to do it safely.
I just tried ripping a 4x4x3/4 in half a couple weekends ago and it was
pretty challenging. I'm going to follow his advice from now on and rip
bigger pieces using a straight edge and circular saw.
Wade
"LRT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hey Shopsmith owners:
>
> Any tips for ripping a 4x8 sheet of 1/4 inch plywood?
>
> Thanks
>
Wade wisely notes:
>I'm new to woodworking and just got into it by picking up a used Shopsmith.
>The guy I bought it from (he owned it for about 10 years) discouraged me
>from trying to rip whole 4x8 sheets. He said that it was hard to do
>accurately and even harder to do it safely.
Yes. That high table on the Shopsmith is a horror with large sheets. And the
table is also tiny, which is even less help.
Charlie Self
"Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
On 02 Sep 2003 13:06:03 +0200, Juergen Hannappel
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>How do you get rid of the styrofoam dust that clings just everywhere?
I haven't noticed any. I use blue foam insulation. Maybe it's a
different material? Maybe my basement has higher humidity, lowering
static cling? I don't know. The white styrofoam sticks to
everything.
I'll have to pay attention during the dry winter and see if I get this
dust, but I don't remember any that didn't vacuum up, or was stuck to
the tools.
Barry
B a r r y B u r k e J r . <[email protected]> writes:
> On 02 Sep 2003 13:06:03 +0200, Juergen Hannappel
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >How do you get rid of the styrofoam dust that clings just everywhere?
>
> I haven't noticed any. I use blue foam insulation. Maybe it's a
> different material? Maybe my basement has higher humidity, lowering
Most probably, with blue insulation i also never had the hassle caused
by the white stuff, which goes (in gemany) under the brand name
"Styropor".
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B a r r y B u r k e J r . <[email protected]> writes:
> On 01 Sep 2003 16:25:44 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
> wrote:
[...]
> >Former Shopsmith owner: 1" styrofoam laid over a frame of 2x4s on a couple
> >sawhorses.
> >
> >Set the circular saw blade to 1/2" and use an edge guide.
>
>
> I do this even though I own a table saw. 4x8 goods, one person, and
> lolly columns can make for a good ol' time. <G>
>
> I skip the horses and put the foam right on the ground.
How do you get rid of the styrofoam dust that clings just everywhere?
--
Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe
mailto:[email protected] Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869
Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23