Originally Posted by
Brian Holcombe
Jim, the winding sticks should be about 12-16” long. Any longer and they will be difficult to balance on an edge.
My wording was likely misleading. My point is using the method of making winding sticks, with the three straight faces, could work for making 11' pieces that match to be glued.
Many of the techniques mentioned in this thread so far are used by machinist to make a straight edge from scratch.
It also works for wood. The length is dependent on the one making the straight edges.
jtk
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