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Thanks for posting Todd. Looks great, always good to get another useful idea for the shop

Fred

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+1 Thanks Todd ... Exactly what we Need in this Sub Forum

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Good stuff; thank you.

ARRRRGHHHHHH

I miss the Todd content.

me too, I have a need for this one

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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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:



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.



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!

Thanks James.