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How would you create these slats to hold jewelry?

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Do you start out with a board of regular thickness and rip smaller thicknesses with a bandsaw after you drill the holes and make the little slots?

I assume a bandsaw would be the best tool to cut out the slots? Unfortunately I don't have one. Any other ways to do this?

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How wide are the slots? My first thought would be to stand the board upright clamped to a miter gauge and cut the kerfs with the table saw.

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking about ripping smaller thicknesses after drilling and cutting the slots. Not sure why you couldn't start with a board cut to size.
 
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How wide are the slots? My first thought would be to stand the board upright clamped to a miter gauge and cut the kerfs with the table saw.

I m not sure exactly what you re asking about ripping smaller thicknesses after drilling and cutting the slots. Not sure why you couldn t start with a board cut to size.

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I assume the slots could be 1/8" wide or less. I was thinking if I used a thin board it might split when trying to cut the slots. So if you used a thicker board that might not happen.
 
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I'd use the thin board and just put a sacrificial backer behind it. I'm not a fan of resawing on a table saw, it never leaves a good finish and isn't very safe.

Bondo's suggestion of using a handsaw is a good one as well.

Edit: If you have a 1/8" router bit that's a good option too.
 
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If those are earrings hanging from those cuts it was done almost positively with a thin kerf TS blade, and as already suggested either a sled or jig to back the work up, and some kind of leapfrog, like a box joint jig has to make the spacing. IOW really simple to do.

If building jigs isn't your thing, then Rockler could make it for you for the lowly sum of 35 bux Hangs on your miter gauge, and for this a thin or regular kerf saw blade would work.
 
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Plan B: Use window screen in the design in some way. The earrings hang by putting them through the holes in the screening. My daughter just made something in this way and likes it a lot.

Otherwise, my first inclination is bang 'em out with a tenon saw. I just tried and tested with my daughters earring, and while it worked, the kerf is a bit on the narrow side. This saw has a fine set because I use it for joinery, so I tried a panel saw and it was perfect. Try to orient the wood so that it is a rip cut to avoid a jagged edge. If that doesn't work with your design, experiment with knifing the line or making a sandwich with sacrificial material. Oh..now I understand your question about rip smaller thickness…yeah, if you must do these as crosscuts, you could cut the slots, let it be ragged on the back side, and then either resaw or take a few swipes with a plane to clean up.

I think machines will give too wide a kerf. I could do those 20 slots by hand in a few minutes, not counting layout. Add a few more minutes to zip a plane over it to clean up.
 
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I made something very similar last year using my bandsaw but I would agree with the use of a hand or back saw. I first routed out the back side of this stick of walnut to a thickness I wanted leaving a bit at each end to allow for it to be mortised in to the case sides.

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