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Re: Shop: Cutting stems
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 6/3/2003, 12:00 am
In Response To: Shop: Cutting stems (Stephan Bradley)

Hi Stephan, this is the way I look at it. Most of us don't have the perfect tools and, wood does not really want to be machined perfectly anyway. In your situation, I would probably try switching the grain orientation to see if it changed things. Then I would pass it across a jointer plane I have mounted on some sawhorses (see http://www.chipSandresky.com/cedarstrip/images/horses.jpg ). That would even out any irregularities. The pieces are small enough so it's not such a big job. You could rent a table saw for $40 but even then, unless the blade angle is perfectly aligned, you will have irregularities. Wood is just that way :D

I hope this helps,
www.ChipSandresky.com

Messages In This Thread

Shop: Cutting stems
Stephan Bradley -- 6/2/2003, 5:31 pm
Re: Shop: Cutting stems
Chip Sandresky -- 6/3/2003, 12:00 am
Re: Shop: Cutting stems
Charles Leach -- 6/2/2003, 10:42 pm
Re: Shop: Cutting stems
srchr/gerald -- 6/2/2003, 10:39 pm
Re: Shop: Cutting stems
Judson -- 6/2/2003, 10:20 pm
some thoughts..
Frank Eberdt -- 6/2/2003, 7:52 pm
Re: some thoughts..
Rehd -- 6/3/2003, 9:14 am