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Then again, why bother?
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 4/3/2001, 12:09 am
In Response To: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks (Ken)

You lose the equivalent of 1 strip by doing all the planing or truing.

But why bother?

The first strip you rip will give you a pretty straight edge, on your board and a strip that is useless for stripping, but can be useful for stirring paint. It is the same as losing that strip to the plane.

Your freshly cut edge may not be perfectly true, but it will give you a strip that should be usable, or at least partly usable. Check for thin spots and eliminate them. Use the remaining wood for short filler pieces.

After removing that (almost) 3/4 inch from the first two strips and sawblade kerf, your third strip, and any after, should now be coming from a straight edge.

So just start ripping.

PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Ken -- 4/2/2001, 1:56 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Scott E. Davis -- 4/6/2001, 2:03 pm
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Jim Lindamood -- 4/3/2001, 8:34 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Rehd -- 4/4/2001, 1:51 am
Ice pick? :(
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/3/2001, 10:33 pm
Re: Ice pick? :(
MikeWhy -- 4/3/2001, 11:39 pm
scrap strips are great push sticks
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/4/2001, 12:47 am
Re: scrap strips are great push sticks
Rehd -- 4/4/2001, 1:43 am
Then again, why bother?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/3/2001, 12:09 am
Re: Exactly
Grant Goltz -- 4/4/2001, 1:41 pm
An opposite viewpt
mike allen ---> -- 4/2/2001, 4:00 pm
Call me old fashioned but....
Jay Babina -- 4/2/2001, 10:43 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
John Monfoe -- 4/2/2001, 5:32 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Long Planks
Ken -- 4/2/2001, 8:56 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Long Planks
Rob Macks -- 4/2/2001, 9:51 am
Re: Nothing wrong with a crooked board
Grant Goltz -- 4/4/2001, 1:27 pm
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Long Planks
Ken -- 4/2/2001, 4:44 pm
Re: Truing One Edge Of Long Planks
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/2/2001, 3:07 am
Re: Truing One Edge Of Long Planks
Rehd -- 4/2/2001, 3:45 am
Re: Trueing One Edge Of Lonk Planks
Rehd -- 4/2/2001, 2:57 am