Shop Tips
Squaring Stack Laminated Materials
Oct 25, 2005
Here’s a trick that makes it easy to square up a stack laminated block. When preparing the laminates, leave the bottom board slightly wider than the rest, with one long edge machined straight and square. During glue-up, have the squared edge proud of the rest of the stack, and then run this edge against the tablesaw rip fence to square the other side.
Dario Biagiarelli, Kirkville, N.Y.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, February 1992 No. 92
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