Reply by Jim Bertelson

Mike
Being a little compulsive at times I measure a lot of things with digital calipers. I have found that no matter what I do, I am pretty lucky to get things to 0.01….....

Put it another way, I can’t even consistently measure, with anything, within 0.005. Meaning on wood and wood products. Metal would be a different deal, I suspect. You can dent a lot of wood products while trying to measure it nearly that much.

You are cutting within about 1/64. When you run it through the planer, it will become even. Sounds like you are good to go, from a “what is significant” standpoint. I am sure in big production plants they can get closer, as a1Jim implies, but I don’t think we can get any more even than that. Rip a long narrow board with your TS and then measure it with calipers along its length. Bet you find some variation.

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska