Ripping a Straight Edge

I use double sided carpet tape all the time works great. There is also a two part jig you can buy at Rockler or Woodcraft that will hold your wavy piece onto a straight piece with no trouble. I’ll try to find a link for you.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

You can also make your own reusable jig with toggle clamps that hold the wood down.

-- Roger - Havertown, Pennsylvania

I was looking at the item Betsy referred to last night at Woodcraft.
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=3203
Has anyone used this jig before? Looks like it would work pretty well.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

If you can, rip it oversize the first time, then flip it and rip off the screw holes. I think you can also make a ripping sled.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

If you can get some of the lever clamps and put it on a straight board or plywood. Put your board on top and clamp it down and saw it straight. I’ve also got two of these a 4' and an 8 , but I got them from the inventor. Rb Hawk bought him out.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Plenty of good suggestions given already. If I were in your shoes I would probably rip it on the bandsaw and then joint it with a hand plane. I frequently skip the straight line ripping operation on my tablesaw and instead rip long boards reasonably straight on the bandsaw and then run them along my 8” powered jointer. That is one tool I can’t believe I did without for so long. It has improved my ww experience immensely.

-- Just another woodworker