butzla
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I'm currently making 4 end tables for my mantown/office. I'm making them out of salvaged red oak 1" thick, 12" wide, 12' long. When i glued up the table tops, each one took from 45-60 minutes to sand flush to 120g using my RO150 sander. This stuff is tough as nails. I knew when it came time to route a profile on the edges, it would take me 3-4 passes to reach the desired depth. Multiply that by 4 tops and I'm to it for another 2 hours plus. Tedious and boring. Not to mention the mess I'd make with a big chamfer bit. I was feeling too lazy to make a jig for the table saw so I thought I give the track saw a try.
I started by overhanging the track over the table top by 1/4" using a small combo square.
Then marked the back edge of the track where I measured 1/4" overhang
Then adjust a 12" combo square to that mark and transfer the line all the way around the top with the square
Now I can drop the back of the track on the pencil lines, clamp and make the cuts. Edit: I tipped the saw to 45 degrees for this cut
The resulting chamfer is pretty gall darn accurate. Any discrepancies I can tidy up with a block plane. Overall, I'm pretty happy and once I had the lines drawn, the cuts took all but 30 minutes. It's always fun to try something new with a familiar tool.
I started by overhanging the track over the table top by 1/4" using a small combo square.

Then marked the back edge of the track where I measured 1/4" overhang

Then adjust a 12" combo square to that mark and transfer the line all the way around the top with the square

Now I can drop the back of the track on the pencil lines, clamp and make the cuts. Edit: I tipped the saw to 45 degrees for this cut

The resulting chamfer is pretty gall darn accurate. Any discrepancies I can tidy up with a block plane. Overall, I'm pretty happy and once I had the lines drawn, the cuts took all but 30 minutes. It's always fun to try something new with a familiar tool.

