Shawn Curry
Cuts trees in half
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Nice. One big solid slice with character.
I'm pretty sure that is two piece, with nice character!
Speaking of, I want to build some work benches out of the 2" Hickory. Any advice on how to cut is straight enough to join the ends? My skill saw skills don't seem to be as good as I thought they would be, I'm thinking of making a guide for the edge. Wouldn't you know, junk day just passed, and I saw several metal bed frames and did not take one (the wife goes nuts when I bring home junk). One of those pieces of angle iron would be perfect for it!
Any advice appreciated, thanks.
I'm pretty sure that is two piece, with nice character!
Speaking of, I want to build some work benches out of the 2" Hickory. Any advice on how to cut is straight enough to join the ends? My skill saw skills don't seem to be as good as I thought they would be, I'm thinking of making a guide for the edge. Wouldn't you know, junk day just passed, and I saw several metal bed frames and did not take one (the wife goes nuts when I bring home junk). One of those pieces of angle iron would be perfect for it!
Any advice appreciated, thanks.
That'5s a great idea!!!This is what I made years ago. Been meaning to get a track saw but this works fine. I've done a lot of glue ups with just a circular saw, fine toothed blade, and this edge guide before I owned a jointer. I still use it occasionally on slabs too big to run over the jointer.
Just use the factory edge of the plywood for the side that the saw rides against. Leave the base wider than needed and it'll set itself on the first cut.
You can also get good results by setting two pieces of wood side by side and cutting out the "gap" with the circular saw and edge guide. Even if the cuts not perfect they will mirror each other because they were cut simultaneously on each side of the blade.
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That looks great!!!!!I did make this little table out of scraps from a friend's mill. Center is cherry from my parents place, and the outer two pieces black walnut. A little bit of live edge in one corner.
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You can also get good results by setting two pieces of wood side by side and cutting out the "gap" with the circular saw and edge guide.