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I've been cutting strips.
Like Rob says, setting up a power feed does take some time. One way to deal with that is to do a lot of strips in a batch. I've got 3 classes scheduled for next year, plus some building projects and making some extra for future reference. Below is a time lapse of cutting about 3 kilometers of strips.
Setting up the power feed took about 15 minutes to bolt the unit in place and adjust it. I run a few pieces of scrap wood through to dial in the set up and make sure the thickness is good.
The first set of strips in the video are from 3/4" blanks cut from 2-by stock. As Rob suggests there is some very nice wood available if you don't limit yourself to flat-grained boards. Ripping blanks from thicker material and then rotating to cut the strips provides vertical grained strips.
I found some nice flat grained "inland" red cedar which at my supplier comes as flat grained boards. These are edge ripped.
I am keeping my strips in order. Some boards screwed to saw horses create a good staging table to organize the strips as they are cut. Stretch wrap bundles the cut strips back into a set.
Again like Rob, I like the Rigid "Flip Top" feed stands. My saw horses and work tables are all designed to be the same height as my table saw so I have a lot of in/out feed options, but the lightweight FlipTops are nice. The top can be set to tilt down to help catch drooping strips, it then flips up to get it to the right height. This is much better than roller stands which tend to steer the end of your board causing all sorts of problems. The flat plastic top of the FlipTops are slippery and allow the boards to do their thing,
Let me say that a power feed is a luxury. I don't recommend it for everyone. They can be hard to set up right. I've grooved my share of rollers, but even hand feeding strips has a learning curve. My mind tends to wander while doing boring tasks so I feel the feed gives me a welcome degree of safety.
And with over 10,000 linear feet of strips cut in the past couple days I cut one 18 foot strips wrong. The rest are dead on accurate.
Related to using a smaller saw. I recently decided that I didn't need a 52" side extension table. I found a cast iron side extension on eBay and sawed my fence locking rail shorter at 30". I may cut it shorter yet. I don't cut wide things that often. If I find myself doing it more, I might get one of those track saws Dan was talking about. Seems easier than feeding plywood through table saw.
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Dan Thaler -- 11/30/2014, 2:30 pm- Re: Strip: Cutting strips- track saw v table saw
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