Fred Tellier wrote:
Thanks for posting Todd. Looks great, always good to get another useful idea for the shop
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+1 Thanks Todd ... Exactly what we Need in this Sub Forum
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| Author: | Fred Tellier [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
Thanks for posting Todd. Looks great, always good to get another useful idea for the shop Fred |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
Fred Tellier wrote: Thanks for posting Todd. Looks great, always good to get another useful idea for the shop Fred +1 Thanks Todd ... Exactly what we Need in this Sub Forum
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| Author: | Carey [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
Good stuff; thank you. |
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| Author: | John Killin [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
ARRRRGHHHHHH  I miss the Todd content. |
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| Author: | Imbler [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
me too, I have a need for this one |
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| Author: | EddieLee [ Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
It must be a time paradox. A time traveler must have disrupted the marriage of Todd's parents and he was never born. But.... the comments still remind. |
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| Author: | James Ringelspaugh [ Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
Imbler wrote: me too, I have a need for this one I don't know what happened to Todd or his posts, but here's a couple of easy ways to do it with power tools. First, calculate the slope (rise over run) you need, then: 1. On the bandsaw or tablesaw, just attach a spacer to the board with tape in the proper location to give you the right slope like so: Attachment: wedge_bandsaw.jpg run it through then clean up the resulting wedge on a sander or similar, or 2. If you have a thickness sander, attach the thin board that is to be the wedge to the top of a much thicker block with a little dab of glue, double sided tape, or as shown with a piece of paper glued between which makes it easy to separate the two later. Have it ride on a spacer in the appropriate spot, then run it through. I recently made some tapered Oud fretboards for someone this way and they came out perfect right out of the sander. Attachment: wedge_sander.jpg The key in both methods (and I'm sure there are lots of other ways to do the same) is to use a thick, flat piece of wood between spacer and wedge that is stiff enough to not deflect at all as the wedge is being milled. edit to add: if you're using a bandsaw or table saw, be sure to use a zero clearance insert or something similar to keep the thin wedge from falling down through the throat plate! |
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| Author: | John Killin [ Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Making Thin, Precisely Thicknessed Wedges (Tutorials) |
Thanks James. |
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