The trick is to keep the bowed edge of the board you want straight from following the fence and creating a parallel bow on the saw edge of the board. Another way seems to be to attach the board to a piece of something like plywood with a factory edge and run that factory edge against the fence so the saw is cutting a parallel edge true to the factory edge of the plywood. Then you can remove the plywood and turn the board over to cut a parallel edge to the one you have just cut.
Of course the correct tool to use is a jointer but with a little care you can do it with a router too. Glad to hear it worked out well. The snugger you get the mating surfaces to fit the better the glue joint will be. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Supernaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Emailing: Ralph, here is a way to straighten an edge. > Thanks Dale, > > I am going to check this out. For the price it seems hard not to buy and > see if it works. > > I did get my first cutting board done. I ended up making a feather board > about 6 or 8 inches wide to hold the strips against the fence. I clamped > another board to the fence obove the path the stock takes to keep it from > riding over the blade. It worked pretty good. It was worth the effort > too > because my wife thought the cutting board was beautiful. > > Ralph > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - Release Date: 22/08/2006 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
