How long do they need to be? If they are not too long, I like this approach from Woodsmith because you don't have to set the fence more than once but it also doesn't trap the strip between the fence and blade.
How long do they need to be? If they are not too long, I like this approach from Woodsmith because you don t have to set the fence more than once but it also doesn t trap the strip between the fence and blade.
If you read the short article linked above, you learn the one other thing - that you use different thickness spacer boards depending on what you are doing.
To make sure that they are exactly the same thickness, you could simply attach a piece of the same stock with double sided tape, if you don't want to drill holes in it.
How long do they need to be? If they are not too long, I like this approach from Woodsmith because you don t have to set the fence more than once but it also doesn t trap the strip between the fence and blade.
this may be overly obvious but if you need something 1/32" thick then the table saw may not be what you ought to look for. Even a thin rip blade will turn a lot more than 1/32 into dust with every rip. You may want to look at a band saw with a big blade so it can't flex.
The little piece of wood at the back of the jig is replaceable so you always push the strip thru. I keep my scrap 3mm plywood and make the push pieces , tape them to the top of my jig so I always have some. Also since none of my ZCI are perfectly zero I put down a piece of tape, run the blade up thru it to get a ZCI for this job. If waste is an issue I use a 7-1/4 Diablo saw blade, it has a very thin kerf and leaves a very nice edge.
Well I'll be danged. That is slick. I normally just cut thin strips on my bandsaw but the table saw does leave a better surface and with that push block it would be a lot simpler.
104 tooth table saw blade? I doubt that is a rip blade so it may not give you an ideal finish but you'll just have to try and see. The process would be the same regardless of what blade you use though.
Yeah, since most strips like this are rip cuts, I am not sure there's enough gullet to clean out the sawdust in a 104 tooth blade.
I get nervous using an 80 tooth blade some days…. Expecting big ole burn marks!
But, honestly, I'd probably use a good combo blade for most stuff. Although, my Woodworker II rip blade does a pretty good job at glue-ready cuts on a lot of stuff.
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