preparing wavey edge board question

[jow104]

Got some sycamore coming with wavey edges.

Has anyone used a router and a straight edge to create a board that is then suitable to use on a tablesaw?

And how?

[echnidna]

John if I'm converting slabs I just rule a line along one edge set the fence back and slowly freehand rip along the line.

I NEVER stand inline with the timber, that avoids injury from kickback,
feeding slowly and steadily is the key.

Then I'll use the fence to rip the other side.
Then flip it and cut the first side again
By taking a minimal cut and flipping from side to side a few times you will end up with a very straight length of wood.

Another way is to tack a straight edge to the board and run a handheld power saw along the straight edge.

[jow104]

Thanks Bob, The question arose because I had received an email from Fine Woodworking earlier this morning using a router to create a straight edge.

The video wouldnt open for me, so I posted the above thread.

Since posting this arrived this morning, an 8ft length of 3" thick sycamore x 11" wide. Can you pop over and help me lift it?

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'll often do a compromise between echnidna's methods; tack or hot-melt glue a straight edge to overhang the least wavy edge by a few mm, and use that side up against the fence to rip the opposite edge straight.

[Sawdust Maker]

I've done as others have said, ie screwed a straight edge and run that along the fence of the tablesaw

I've also clamped a straight edge to a board and used a router to 'plane' that sawn edge