Charles McKinley
11-26-2006, 11:08 PM
Hi All,
I'm making some wooden combs for Christmas and am looking for a faster way the taper them either before or after the teeth are cut.
The pieces are about 1/2 to 3/8" thick when I start and about 3X4".
I tried cutting 2 pieces on the band saw but the blade needs to be thicker as it wandered too much from top to bottom.
I made a zero clearance insert for the table saw at 5 degrees of tilt but will need to make a jig of some sort as there is too much blade exposed and the fingers are way too close. (It took me a long time to listen to that little vioce and I'm not about to ignore it this time!)
I tried a hand plane. Would making a sloped bed to rest the piece on and plane "flat" help?
The article suggest using a belt sander but it is slow and dusty.
All those evil people at FWW and PWW with their article on carving letter made simple and beginning carving grrrrr. ;)
As long as the little angels are happy.
Thank for the ideas
Pics to follow when I have something to show.
I'm making some wooden combs for Christmas and am looking for a faster way the taper them either before or after the teeth are cut.
The pieces are about 1/2 to 3/8" thick when I start and about 3X4".
I tried cutting 2 pieces on the band saw but the blade needs to be thicker as it wandered too much from top to bottom.
I made a zero clearance insert for the table saw at 5 degrees of tilt but will need to make a jig of some sort as there is too much blade exposed and the fingers are way too close. (It took me a long time to listen to that little vioce and I'm not about to ignore it this time!)
I tried a hand plane. Would making a sloped bed to rest the piece on and plane "flat" help?
The article suggest using a belt sander but it is slow and dusty.
All those evil people at FWW and PWW with their article on carving letter made simple and beginning carving grrrrr. ;)
As long as the little angels are happy.
Thank for the ideas
Pics to follow when I have something to show.