I'm from the Dallas Texas area.
It's just now cool enough to start some wood working in the garage.
How do I cut a taper along the edge of a wide board?
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a1gutterman
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Thanks for that, now if you wood go to your user profile and fill that in, we will see it on every one of your posts and will knot have to try to remember it...chuckk2333 wrote:I'm from the Dallas Texas area.
It's just now cool enough to start some wood working in the garage.
Thanks!
Tim
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chuckk2333
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Reible,
Since, in my case, my taper doesn't need to run the full length of the board, would I really need a jig? Couldn't I just apply pressure to the end of the board and pass the other end over a dado blade in the table saw? And adjusting the stop block on my miter gauge closer to the blade with each pass?
Since, in my case, my taper doesn't need to run the full length of the board, would I really need a jig? Couldn't I just apply pressure to the end of the board and pass the other end over a dado blade in the table saw? And adjusting the stop block on my miter gauge closer to the blade with each pass?
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chuckk2333
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Hi,
Any way you could do a sketch or picture of what the part needs to look like? With some dimensions would be very useful. You might also take a piece of wood and mark what you want to remove and then set it on the saw and if you want to go with the angle set that up too. Then see how the wood will have to move and how you will be setting the blade height and how you will make your steps... and what might happen if you don't get it right. A few moments of planning are well worth the time. You can also see how the wood might set on the table if you use the miter gauge and possibly the safety grip. See how it would feel if the rip fence were guiding the work piece of jig...
Since I really don't know the details I might be a bit worried about trying to hold the wood to the table as you cut away with a miter gauge.... it might be that is a possible solution or even the best solution, but it has to be done in a safe way.
I personally love to build jigs, and I find that the few minutes it takes usually pays off in the end result. Please don't let the jig scare you off building it. We are talking scraps of wood and a few nails/screws and some double sided tape. It might take say 10 minutes to make this.
Ed
Any way you could do a sketch or picture of what the part needs to look like? With some dimensions would be very useful. You might also take a piece of wood and mark what you want to remove and then set it on the saw and if you want to go with the angle set that up too. Then see how the wood will have to move and how you will be setting the blade height and how you will make your steps... and what might happen if you don't get it right. A few moments of planning are well worth the time. You can also see how the wood might set on the table if you use the miter gauge and possibly the safety grip. See how it would feel if the rip fence were guiding the work piece of jig...
Since I really don't know the details I might be a bit worried about trying to hold the wood to the table as you cut away with a miter gauge.... it might be that is a possible solution or even the best solution, but it has to be done in a safe way.
I personally love to build jigs, and I find that the few minutes it takes usually pays off in the end result. Please don't let the jig scare you off building it. We are talking scraps of wood and a few nails/screws and some double sided tape. It might take say 10 minutes to make this.
Ed
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