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Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
By:anewhouse
Date: 10/19/2016, 4:34 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness) (Steve Solomon)

If you have a saw that rips consistent thickness strips, there is no reason to plane the flat face of the strips. You are going to have to sand them after they are fitted on the forms.

The normal routine is plane the faces of the boards to get them down to 3/4" or whatever width you are going to use. That gives you clean edges on the strips. Then rip the strips off the side of the board.

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Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 2:20 pm
Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 4:27 pm
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anewhouse -- 10/19/2016, 4:34 pm
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anewhouse -- 10/19/2016, 4:30 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 4:59 pm
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Bob Borovicka -- 10/19/2016, 5:16 pm
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anewhouse -- 10/19/2016, 5:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/19/2016, 4:41 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 10/19/2016, 5:20 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/19/2016, 5:33 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 10/20/2016, 6:42 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/20/2016, 12:01 pm
Re: Strip: ideal strip width (not thickness)
Marc Upchurch -- 10/19/2016, 5:49 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/19/2016, 6:22 pm
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upchurchmr -- 10/19/2016, 7:35 pm
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Olli -- 10/19/2016, 7:51 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/20/2016, 4:54 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/20/2016, 5:24 am
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jaybabina -- 10/20/2016, 3:06 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/20/2016, 4:15 pm
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jaybabina -- 10/21/2016, 4:29 pm
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jaybabina -- 10/20/2016, 3:03 pm