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[Seaspray]

Hi all again 

Cut three pieces of planking all at different lengths. Should have been all the same size.

I know when to give up as this wood is expensive.

Tried using various items, blind cutter, guillotine, piece of wood as a stop in the mitre.

As I need to cut a million trillion pieces of planking the same size (spot on). I was wondering how everybody else would tackle this job.

A jig possibly or a method of doing the job with 100% accuracy. Ideas please

Looked thru the Squires Catalogue but nothing for the job.

[tigertiger]

Hi Seaspray, are you buying planks or cutting them from stock timber?

[barryfoote]

I make up a jig for each width of plank I need. Simply get a piece of 1/4 inch ply or similar and stick to it a length of 1/4 inch thick timber. When dry, lie a length of plank next to and next to that glue another piece of the 1/4 inch timber. Remove the plank and allow to dry. At one end glue a spare piece as a stop. All you have to do now is measure the length of plank out along this 1/4 inch timber and cut across using a fine saw. Hey presto, all planks are the same length.

Sorry if I am teaching granny to suck eggs.

Now if you buy a Proxxon table saw or similar, well that is a different ball game..

[dreadnought72]

Hi Seaspray,

Faced with the same questions, for my marathon, I've cut a pile o' planks about 2-5mm oversize, making sure both ends are square.

I've marked the ply subdeck on the boat with lines to keep my planking parallel and, at ninety degrees to those, lines to note the plank breaks across the beam.

I've then laid the planks in-situ, one-at-a-time, trimming off the excess on the boat before gluing them down. This means all the plank ends start and end in the right place, without the fear of having a sack of "parts" to work from of differing (or just plain wrong) lengths.

It's worked for me.

Andy

[Seaspray]

cheers lads

TT  I have planks 100mm long X 4.5mm wide and need to cut a lot at 15mm long same length. The width is o.k.

Lots to do.


Seaspray

[bosun]

Hy Guys
If you live near to IKEA, have a look at their hardwood blinds. The  strips are hardwood, about 1/3/4 wide by various lengths and 1/8 thick, and very easy to work with a Proxon table saw, or a small bandsaw. The nylon cord is great for tow/mooring  lines. and you get loads of pieces, aprox 40 to a blind. I bought two the other day for under 7 quid each, cost you a small fortune for the same in a model shop.
Bosun

[bruce-ter]

For a lot of planks I would do as Footski suggests and make a jig.  If you want them the same length this will pay dividends vs trying to use one as a pattern, that never seems to work out.
Bruce

[Seaspray]

I've seen Footski's jig and will be building one, and currently I am using Andy's method with great success. I found that the slot in the mitre I was using very wide due to years old and it was a wider saw that it was made for not the X-acto razor one. So a new one in on order.

Cheers for the help.

Seaspray.