Glue ready joints with TS55

[rmwarren]

I know this has been discussed here before but I wanted to share my setup/experience from yesterday. The project is a worktop made of repurposed hardwood flooring, 6" Brazilian Cherry/Jatoba that I ripped the T/G off of and glued up end to end w/ dominos.

Basic setup was to secure the boards side-by-side, align the guide rail so the saw kerf hit the center of the joint and make the cut. In a couple cases the original gap was slightly larger than the kerf and it took 2 cuts (cut, reposition, cut again) to get a perfect joint.

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Overall it worked great. Now on to dominos & glue...

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RMW

 

[Worm Drive]

Nice job, that will make a purdy workbench.

 

[Walk On Wood]

Richard- very nice.  As a floor guy, i have a few thousand feet of mixed wood flooring... Jatoba, Ipe, maple, hickory, red/white oak (some quarter sawn).  I am always searching for woodworking projects that i can do with all of my flooring. I am planning on building a bench top with the Jatoba as well.  Here are a few frames i made out of Jatoba over xmas:

 

[sancho57]

I got a dumb question for you guys.

I was jointing some old recycled oak that was ripped into 25mm boards out of a 9"X8" X 8' beam. When I was jointing the boards  used my clamping elements to hold the boards in place, yes I did apply some force to squeeze the together. I noticed when I unclamped the board they seemed a little bowed.

So where did I got wrong with this?

 

[Worm Drive]

I got a dumb question for you guys.

I was jointing some old recycled oak that was ripped into 25mm boards out of a 9"X8" X 8' beam. When I was jointing the boards  used my clamping elements to hold the boards in place, yes I did apply some force to squeeze the together. I noticed when I unclamped the board they seemed a little bowed.

So where did I got wrong with this?

Are you saying that you clamped 2 bowed boards together, then straight lined them?

 

[RC]

How about doing it like erock did in his video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIevKhU31eM
and stack them boards on top of each other  cut through both in one go and then flip them side by side afterwards?

 

[sancho57]

I got a dumb question for you guys.

I was jointing some old recycled oak that was ripped into 25mm boards out of a 9"X8" X 8' beam. When I was jointing the boards  used my clamping elements to hold the boards in place, yes I did apply some force to squeeze the together. I noticed when I unclamped the board they seemed a little bowed.

So where did I got wrong with this?

Are you saying that you clamped 2 bowed boards together, then straight lined them?

Yes, No they were basically rough cut timbers. I had an oak beam ripped to 25mil boards and tried to edge joint them. I noticed after I edge jointed them they bowed. Im guessing I put to much pressure on the timber when I clamped them. When I ripped them and unclamped them they basically sprung back. I eventually got them edged good enough to domino and glue together into a table top. I got some more left of the timber so Ill have a opportunity to test my theory on my next project.

 

[sancho57]

How about doing it like erock did in his video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIevKhU31eM
and stack them boards on top of each other  cut through both in one go and then flip them side by side afterwards?

Good Idea.

I didnt think of that. Ill have to try it.

 

[rmwarren]

I got a dumb question for you guys.

I was jointing some old recycled oak that was ripped into 25mm boards out of a 9"X8" X 8' beam. When I was jointing the boards  used my clamping elements to hold the boards in place, yes I did apply some force to squeeze the together. I noticed when I unclamped the board they seemed a little bowed.

So where did I got wrong with this?

Are you saying that you clamped 2 bowed boards together, then straight lined them?

Yes, No they were basically rough cut timbers. I had an oak beam ripped to 25mil boards and tried to edge joint them. I noticed after I edge jointed them they bowed. Im guessing I put to much pressure on the timber when I clamped them. When I ripped them and unclamped them they basically sprung back. I eventually got them edged good enough to domino and glue together into a table top. I got some more left of the timber so Ill have a opportunity to test my theory on my next project.

Not sure what caused your problem but in my case I did not apply any real clamping pressure, just stops to keep them from moving while being cut.

RMW

 

[sancho57]

Thanks guys, My project came out looking good but I was going through a lessons learned sort of thing and looking for other methods to make my work flow more efficient.

FWIW I used to have a shop full of stationary tools such as a full sized jointer. I gave them away to a very close friend when I moved to the UK and have a almost total festool shop.