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Last night I had a few minutes and was fooling around with the saw. I
actually made a pretty straight edge on this rough cut lumber. I
installed the wood flooring on the rip fence the other day. I just kept
it on and used that. I nailed a piece of flat metal on top of a small
board with the edge hanging over. I used this edge to reference the
wood florring on my rip fence and slid it through by hand. I was fairly
straight although the end got messed up where I did not have one end of
the metal nailed down completely and it shifted. It looked like it
would work though. I was wondering if I could make something for longer
boards like a piece of 2 inch flat metal with a series of holes in it
to place some nails to nail it to the board. Maybe weld some round
metal to it sticking up horizontally to use as handels to help slide it
through.
Also, I did not have time to try using angle iron as a fence. One thing
I did notice when playing with the angle iron in the garage floor is if
using flat metal on top of a board as above it does not slide well
against the angle iron. (Metal to metal contact). I think it would
still be doable though.
I just need to get my edges as straight as possible. I may need to glue
some panels for a project I would like to do for Mothers day for my
mom. (A self contained small drawer that would hold knives. It has a
butchers block on top of the drawer. It is in one of my books). The
bottom of the drawer needs a wide board which I do not have.
I'm glad you finally got it working. I wouldn't stress out too much
about it.
Just accept the fact that your first few projects are not going to be
perfect.
I've been in this hobby for about 15 years now (which is short time
compared to some), and I still make plenty of goofs.
Focus on having fun, instead of striving for absolute perfection and
you'll enjoy the hobby more. Just remember that no one is going to
scrutinize your piece in that much detail. I'm sure your mom will enjoy
your project.
stryped wrote:
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> Last night I had a few minutes and was fooling around with the saw. I
> actually made a pretty straight edge on this rough cut lumber.
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> Last night I had a few minutes and was fooling around with the saw.
That's the way. Keep messing around and experimenting and let us know how
you make out. Post a couple of pictures in the binaries group if you can.
>
> Also, I did not have time to try using angle iron as a fence.
There's always tomorrow. Even God took 6 days...
>
> I just need to get my edges as straight as possible. I may need to glue
> some panels for a project I would like to do for Mothers day for my
> mom. (A self contained small drawer that would hold knives. It has a
> butchers block on top of the drawer. It is in one of my books). The
> bottom of the drawer needs a wide board which I do not have.
>
Don't forget to consider using plywood for the bottom. That's what I would
do instead of gluing up a board.
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On 3/30/2006 8:36 AM stryped mumbled something about the following:
> x-no-archive:yes
>
> Last night I had a few minutes and was fooling around with the saw. I
> actually made a pretty straight edge on this rough cut lumber. I
> installed the wood flooring on the rip fence the other day. I just kept
> it on and used that. I nailed a piece of flat metal on top of a small
> board with the edge hanging over. I used this edge to reference the
> wood florring on my rip fence and slid it through by hand. I was fairly
> straight although the end got messed up where I did not have one end of
> the metal nailed down completely and it shifted. It looked like it
> would work though. I was wondering if I could make something for longer
> boards like a piece of 2 inch flat metal with a series of holes in it
> to place some nails to nail it to the board. Maybe weld some round
> metal to it sticking up horizontally to use as handels to help slide it
> through.
>
> Also, I did not have time to try using angle iron as a fence. One thing
> I did notice when playing with the angle iron in the garage floor is if
> using flat metal on top of a board as above it does not slide well
> against the angle iron. (Metal to metal contact). I think it would
> still be doable though.
>
> I just need to get my edges as straight as possible. I may need to glue
> some panels for a project I would like to do for Mothers day for my
> mom. (A self contained small drawer that would hold knives. It has a
> butchers block on top of the drawer. It is in one of my books). The
> bottom of the drawer needs a wide board which I do not have.
>
Are you ever going to learn to drop your no-archive crap? Doesn't
matter, when someone replies to you, your post gets archived for all the
world to see.
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