I'll just go ahead and admit it - super stupid move on my part.
Project Setup:
Building a Roubo Split Top bench, my first real bench in my life (57 years old, working with wood since at 13 in boarding school).
It's not an exact Benchcrafted version but that's not important right now (but I am using one of their Acme Screw kits - NOT in love but another story later).
I'm doing it with a HomeDepot 2x6 build up, 3-3/4" thick top, slightly dressed 2x6's to get something close to square, etc., etc. (mostly I'm doing it this way to understand the entire process so I can build a better one at another time).
So, to make top align (flat), I put #20 biscuits every 12-15" down the 6' cut board. Quick picture of last night's glue up here>
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So, I had to adjust the biscuit jointer to a shorter distance from the referenced top down to accommodate the thinner space near the area around the end-vice cutouts to 3/4" then back to 1" for the other 10 or so slots - 5 each.
Here's my steps, should be easy to see my HUGE dumb move:
- Using my existing 1" biscuit jointers settings, I put all 5 slots on the glued-up bench top
- Adjusted the biscuit jointer to 3/4" and slotted the 1 spot that couldn't take the 1"-er.
- Took my next piece to add to the top (shown in the pic as the top of the stack), remembering I adjusted to 3/4", I adjusted back to 1" and slotted my to my corresponding locations
- Changed the biscuit jointer to 3/4" then did the slot for that singe one.
At this point the damage is done - can you see it?
- Did the glue up, added all the clamps etc. etc., time, etc.....
The mistake is, I touched the stupid biscuit jointers height adjustment BETWEEN one side and the other - TWICE!!!!
So, now I have a slightly, 32'nd +/- board sticking up and still need to add one more board to it.
Considering each of the '2x6's are cut down exact finished height, I can't, and don't know how I can thickness plane my way out of this screw up AND don't know how to fix it so I can accurately add my last board to this 'half' of my Split Half bench top.
Any ideas about how to fix this dumb move? The bottom is to uneven to simply run through the plainer - maybe a 'carrier' for the whole section then through the plainer - I don't know - so mad at myself.
Thanks, Patrick