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Cutting planks on table saw tip.

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tigertiger:

There are many ways to skin a cat. This is how I have attacked the problem for a collection of planks.
As an example, for 10mm wide x 3mm thick planks.

First buy a 10mm thick board, or plane one to 10mm thickness, and cut to length if needed.
Then sand or plane one edge smooth.
After that rip cut the 2mm thickness plank on the table (or other saw). The plank will have one smooth finished side (use on the outside of the model) and one saw cut edge (relatively smooth on a table saw) that I would use inboard on a model.
Sand or plane the fresh cut edge of the board and repeat.

As I mentioned before, the downside is that the kerf on a table saw is 3mm, and so you will use 6mm thickness of board for every 3mm plank, but the cut face will require minimum sanding/planing to make it smooth.

This vid is helpful for those who have not cut strips on a table saw before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKOefGSSl4A&list=RDAKOefGSSl4A&start_radio=1

grendel:
heres a video I made a few years back on cutting planks, the main problem with planks I found was that you are too close to the fence to use any guards, so you have to be careful where you put your fingers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmhzKpKnvg
you will note the sacrificial surface clamped to the machine to stop the freshly cut planks disappearing inside the saw.

Brian60:

--- Quote from: grendel on June 03, 2018, 02:22:08 pm ---True, I just used to run a thin piece of plywood half way onto the blade then clamp it to the bed both sides, then run my planks through.

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I have used this solution on my bandsaw, a piece of 12mm ply the same size as the bed and then run on to the blade so there is no slot in front of the blade.

tigertiger:

--- Quote from: grendel on June 04, 2018, 01:30:34 pm ---...the main problem with planks I found was that you are too close to the fence to use any guards...

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The video I posted above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKOefGSSl4A&list=RDAKOefGSSl4A&start_radio=1 shows 3 methods to avoid this very problem.

RAAArtyGunner:


--- Quote from: tigertiger on June 04, 2018, 04:10:15 pm --- 


The video I posted above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKOefGSSl4A&list=RDAKOefGSSl4A&start_radio=1 shows 3 methods to avoid this very problem.

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