Dunno if it'll help, but I nail a 1/4 x 1 1/2", after making sure it's
straight with a chalk line, to a 3/4 x 6" x as long as you want. Using it as
a guide I cut the 3/4 x 6. Then I spring clamp the whole business to a piece
of plywood, e.g., and it makes a good, cheap guide. I usually use three
clamps, so I can move them to get started and finished. I suppose if you
need more depth, you could use something thinner that 3/4".
Brian
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> From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:39:16 -0400
> To: "shop-talk@autox.team.net" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Straight Line ripper for 16' rough sawn lumber
>
>
> I would like to construct a Straight Line Ripper to cut a straight edge
> on some rough sawn lumber. I would then cut the parallel edge on my
> table saw. There is about 3000 board feet of it, mostly in 6" wide by
> 12', 14', and 16' lengths. Lots of it.
>
> I have a jointer, but it would just take too long.
>
> My notion would be to construct some sort of table which would allow me
> to quickly clamp a piece in place, and then run down the edge of it with
> a hand held circular saw running on a track of some kind. Kind of like
> those plywood saws you see at the lumber yard, but mounted on a narrow
> horizontal table about 16' long.
>
> Has anyone seen any plans for such a beast, or could you refer me to
> some carpentry web sites that might help me find such a thing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Malling
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