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Hardwood Strips Ripped and Planed from a Board
Hardwood strips for dashers, rulers and glued-up boards are ripped from a dry board along the grain and planed square. Gauge the lines first, saw on the waste side, then plane down to the line.
The picture: holding a wooden plane, from Otto Salomon's Teacher's Handbook of Slöjd (1900).
Beginner
An hour or two
Instructions
1
1
Choose and true the board
Choose and true the board
Pick a dry, straight-grained board. Plane one edge straight and square to the face; all strips are measured from it.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Board1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Plane
Try Square
Bench Vise2
2
Gauge the strips
Gauge the strips
Set the marking gauge to the strip width and score a line along both faces from the trued edge.
Tools needed:
Marking Gauge3
3
Rip along the grain
Rip along the grain
Clamp the board and rip just on the waste side of the line with the rip saw.
Tools needed:
Rip Saw
Clamps4
4
Plane to the line
Plane to the line
Plane the sawn edge down to the gauge line and check it square. Re-true the board's edge and gauge the next strip.
Tools needed:
Hand PlaneTry SquareBench Vise
Digital Caliper 6-Inch5
5
Strips per board
Strips per board
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Materials
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