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I just got a Forest Woodworker II 40T combo blade. Decided I should check my TS3660’s setup. After checking the miter slot to blade (still within 0.003”, good) and fence (1/64” heeled out at back of blade, also good) I found that my splitter is cocked a bit and is actually pulling wood into the right side of the blade on the back. Kinda dumb. Mostly fixed but I need to tweak that some more.
Anyway, I decided a good test of my setup would be to cut 27 identical 3/4” x 3/4” x 3/4” blocks from some white oak I had (just becase I wanted to cut white oak with my new blade, cuts like butta!). After some careful jointing and planing and cutting I had my 27 little cubes. Now some sanding and a little glueing and viola’ a Soma cube.
After assembling it I can see I have a some error in my miter gauge and its sacrifical fence. So I decided to also make a small cross cut miter sled. Nailed the alignement on that one first try! More white oak for its runners. Front and back fences are 4/4 birch. The 1/2” ply across the top is temporary, I’ll find some acrylic at work tomorrow and soon replace the blade guard.
Lots of fun and next is to make some gluing jigs so I can do a better job on the next ones. Time to stock up on Xmas and birthday gifts while I have the time! :)
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Karson
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posted 309 days ago
Nice job on the sled. And on cutting the blocks.
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BarryW
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posted 309 days ago
excellent…
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woodworm
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posted 309 days ago
You did it very well with perfection ahead!
Thanks for sharing.
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motthunter
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posted 309 days ago
interesting approach. thanks for posting it
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rwyoung
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posted 309 days ago
The idea was that any error would be cumulative when re-assembling the small parts. I could have seen this just by placing the blocks next to each other in a line but what is the fun in that?
Most of the error seemed to be in the cross-cutting, I could tell that the miter gauge and backer were just enough out of whack to make a small angle. I think the real problem there was that the bar rattles just a smidge in the slot. The gauge face and fence are square to the blade when checked with my engineer’s square.
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isetegija
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posted 309 days ago
Interesting testing method .
Now You can make project like this : http://lumberjocks.com/projects/4589
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Ezra
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posted 307 days ago
Out of curiosity did you go with the full kerf or thin kerf Woodworker II?
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rwyoung
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posted 307 days ago
Full kerf WWII 40T, standard grind. I decided against the thin kerf because the general recomendation is you need to add stabilizers. My saw seems to have plenty of power and most of the wood I cut is 6/4 and below. Some 8/4 on the horizon but a great amount.
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