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121323 "Foster, Jim" <james.foster@e...> 2003‑08‑29 Re: Help with dimensioning stock
>=20
> Dear All,
>=20
> There's no way i use any "mullet", Brent.
>=20
> I'm interested in you working against a stop.  I've seen another
> galoot do this too, but it's never worked for me - the board skips
> over the stop, or slides sideways or something.  Maybe my planing
> method isn't smooth enough?  But how on earth does the stop hold
> the job when you're scrubbing (at roughly 45deg)?  - must be awfully
> annoying, no?!
>=20

When I'm doing this I clamp a side stop at a right angle to the=20
end stop, so I've got a 90deg corner that the work butts against. This
keeps the work from running away when going diagonally.=20

Jim Foster
Minnesota



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