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How to Cut Wood Pieces to Same Length
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Four different ways to cut multiple boards to precisely the same length. http://bit.ly/10oRLAU • Home Improvement Online With http://www.ronhazelton.com • With over 500 hundred free DIY ideas, tips, how-to's, suggestions, and video tutorials available to help you turn your home improvement plans into finished projects. With more projects being added every month this is the go-to place for Do-It-Yourselfers professionals alike. • Check Out Our Site: http://www.ronhazelton.com • Follow Us On Twitter: / ronhazelton • Like Us On Facebook: / ronhazeltonhousecalls • Follow Us On Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/1065954... • View Our Pinterest: / ronhazelton • Don't Forget To Subscribe: / @ronhazelton • • Transcript: • Now any time you've got to cut two or more pieces of wood to exactly the same length, this is the way you don't want to do it. You don't want to take a tape measure and measure and mark each one, because every time you do this, you can introduce a small error and in some projects that can be critical. • • But here are four, count them, four ways to cut multiple boards to precisely the same length. • • Method one measure and mark one board, then cut it to length. Write “pattern” or “sample” on the cut piece. Now, instead of measuring and marking additional pieces, use the pattern, make sure the ends are flush and use a sharp pencil for the marking. Now remember it's important to use the same pattern every time, if you start changing patterns, you can start changing the length of the wood you're cutting. • • Now, the second way to cut multiple pieces to exactly the same length is to lay them down on a benchtop, square up the ends, clamp them together, measure and mark one time and then cut all four pieces at once. • • Now, if you've got a whole lot of pieces to cut, or clamping things together is impractical, here's a third technique using the power miter saw. Clamp a strip of wood to the miter, saw a fence, I'll call this the auxiliary fence. A one by four or a one by three is a good size. With a board clamp cut off the end. Now put the measuring tape on the cut end and measure and mark the length of the boards you want to cut. Place a scrap piece of wood on the mark and clamp it in position, I call this a stop block. Place an oversized piece of stock on the side table and slide it until the end contacts the stop block, hold it firmly and make the cut. Any number of pieces can be cut this way with identical results. • • And finally, here's how to use that same stop block technique on a table saw. In this case I'll screw the auxiliary fence to the table saw miter gauge. Once it's attached, I cut partially through the auxiliary fence. Then drop the end of the tape into the saw curve, measure down the fence, mark the finished length of the boards I'm cutting and clamp on the stop block. Here I set the workpiece on the table saw, slide it down until it contacts the stop block, hold it securely against the auxiliary fence and make the cut. • • Well, you can't get much better than that, four ways to make repetitive cuts that are virtually identical.
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