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No table saw? Build a $15 Sawboard for your small budget project!
NiteWalker:
Normal titebond will work fine. The resulting joint is stronger than wood. No mechanical fasteners are needed. I'd personally use screws alone though, so the parts are replacable if they get cut or damaged.
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: NiteWalker on February 07, 2007, 11:00:22 am ---
Now mechanical fasteners are needed.
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should read "NO mechanical fasteners are needed"
NiteWalker:
Thanks for the catch drew. Your superhuman abilities continue to amaze me. :notworthy: :notworthy:
:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Seriously, thanks for the catch. :cheers:
jmricker:
Wonderful. All of these success stories of people making their sawboard and I have to relate how I somehow screwed mine up.
I used a leftover piece of 1/2" MDF for my sawboard. I glued my guide to my base, let it set up, then cut. The first time I cut the blade got away from me a little. I thought thats ok, I'll just back up and try again, thats the beauty of this idea. I ran a couple of passes back and forth and soon I had my base as straight as my guide. I measured to be sure the width was consistent all the way down and it was.
Then I tried some practice cuts with my new sawboard. I made two marks, lined my board up with it, put my saw on the guide, and cut away. A perfectly straight cut except that the cut is a little over 1/16" away from the base and the line I'm trying to cut. I try again and sure enough I get this perfectly straight line that is just a little bit off of the line I measure.
I took a closer look at the saw and my sawboard. When I line my saw up to the guide, I find that there is just a little bit of space between my saw blade and the base of my sawboard. Somehow when I originally cut my sawboard, I managed to cut away more wood towards the guide that I should have been able to.
Oh well, off to the Depot I suppose.
Joel
patrickl:
I've had that problem too. Whatever the reason, now and then I manage to cut away more than should be possible and the board gets damaged.
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