Heartbreaking screwup. Don't do this :-(
What a dope I can be.
So I have this board. It's like, 9"x23". I need to cut it to two boards, each 9"x10 5/8". That's *almost* in half. So, what I did is measured out the 10 5/8, drew a line, lined up the crosscut, and ran it across the table saw. Sounds simple, but there's a big screwup in what I just said. Do you know what it is?
I didn't mark the "waste" side of the cut. As a result, I made an absolutely *perfect* cut.... on the wrong side of the line. I'm exactly 1/8" shy.
Always mark the waste side of your cut. What makes this heartbreaking is that instead of having one cut left to make (on the same board - I need two 10 5/8" pieces), I now have to do a glue-up of *another* set of 1/2"x6" boards, trim it so that the resulting 9" board has the glued seam in the middle, square it up, and cut my 10 5/8" piece. It causes more waste as well.
So I have this board. It's like, 9"x23". I need to cut it to two boards, each 9"x10 5/8". That's *almost* in half. So, what I did is measured out the 10 5/8, drew a line, lined up the crosscut, and ran it across the table saw. Sounds simple, but there's a big screwup in what I just said. Do you know what it is?
I didn't mark the "waste" side of the cut. As a result, I made an absolutely *perfect* cut.... on the wrong side of the line. I'm exactly 1/8" shy.
Always mark the waste side of your cut. What makes this heartbreaking is that instead of having one cut left to make (on the same board - I need two 10 5/8" pieces), I now have to do a glue-up of *another* set of 1/2"x6" boards, trim it so that the resulting 9" board has the glued seam in the middle, square it up, and cut my 10 5/8" piece. It causes more waste as well.
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