Hello - I have bunch of 8/4 soft maple in widths from 8-11" that I'm using to build a workbench. My jointer is only 8", so my plan is to rip it into 4-5" pieces and then joint it, since I only need 4" widths for the project (7-8' long). The only complicating factor is there is a slight cup to the boards. Maybe 1/4" at the absolute max, with most of them less than that.
So my question is whether I can set up the TS55 to safely do that rip with a panther blade.
1) Do I make the cut with the concave side up or down? One pass or two?
2) Should I try to take out some of the cup with a jointer plane/rotex/thickness planer or is that just a waste of time for that degree of cup.
3) Do i need to insert wedges along the way to keep the wood from pinching the kerf or is the splitter in the TS55 enough?
Any other advice I should know to make things a bit easier and safer while maximizing yield from the wood?
Thanks!
So my question is whether I can set up the TS55 to safely do that rip with a panther blade.
1) Do I make the cut with the concave side up or down? One pass or two?
2) Should I try to take out some of the cup with a jointer plane/rotex/thickness planer or is that just a waste of time for that degree of cup.
3) Do i need to insert wedges along the way to keep the wood from pinching the kerf or is the splitter in the TS55 enough?
Any other advice I should know to make things a bit easier and safer while maximizing yield from the wood?
Thanks!
