Thread: making draw side timber

As an alternative to your sawbench, by hand using a Router with the appropriate sized bit. The router with it's 150mm dia base will be more in tune with the un-evenness of the timber should it be not quite straight etc.

I prefer to route the slots in the long lengths of timber first and then cut to length, it's a massive pain to route short lengths unless you have a router table.

cheers
Wendy

A power-fed moulder is great for it, but, unless you plan on doing stacks of it, it's the expensive way

Originally Posted by elanjacobs

A power-fed moulder is great for it, but, unless you plan on doing stacks of it, it's the expensive way

Thanks everyone i do do a lot of this type of work so i'll look into a spindle moulder and powerfeed can anyone suggest a second hand machinery dealer in Vic?

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I think Ron Mack and H&F have some second hand machines as well

Having done it both ways over the years, I dont think you will do it any quicker with a router bit, and even with sideways pressure ie 4 head moulder etc, the inaccuracy throughout long lengths tends to leave you with alot of waste at each end.
Plus the 3mm bits tend to heat up and blunt too fast or break

Originally Posted by rowie

and even with sideways pressure ie 4 head moulder etc, the inaccuracy throughout long lengths tends to leave you with alot of waste at each end.

If the timber is square dressed first it should run perfectly end to end regardless of length.

An 1/8th blade is 3.1mm. Is this too wide? A table saw with a couple
feather boards seems the simple way, or am I missing something??

I do display boxes and that is how I do it for the back. I do six inch
boards on both edges and rip them down the center and have two
boards..

Read "board" as timber!

Thanks everyone and yes the boards are square dressed i also make display boxes (re Papa) it was a small deal at the start but now i'm doing loads of them, i have always used my table saw for this but the numbers of peices i'm putting through now are just to much to do manually my background is in building not cabinet making so i'm not up with the diferent techniques and machinery to get the results i'm after all your help is greatly apprieciated.

I am running eight foot boards and then cutting them to length.

It makes sixteen feet of stock with three cuts.