guitman32 Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 I got a nice piece of mahogany the other day, only thing is its about 48 long, 7 wide, and 4 thick... Im gonna use it for the body, and therefore need to get the thickness down to 1 3/4. Is a tablesaw suitable for this job? I figure I can do it in 2 passes, flipping the board around after the first, using a featherboard to keep the piece onto the rail. This would get it to 2 thick, and from there, im not sure how to get it to the final thickness... On a little side note, I purchased a book called Router Magic, by Bill Hylton, and It has some great stuff in it...most notably of which was a plan for a surfacing baseplate. I never thought of surfacing with my router before!! Seems like an interesting idea, although highly inefficient. So maybe I can use this surfacing technique to get the thickness of my piece down to the final 1 3/4 thickness after table sawing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 the table saw method would wood for sure, just make sure the base is secure cause a 48in piece is very heavy. If you have a cabinet shop by you, they have a planner and could get it down to the 1 3/4. Although a 2 inch body would work too. a little heavier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Normal body blanks are about 21" long, so if you don't want to risk messing up the Mah. you can cut it to 2 24" long boards, then you can take it to get planedor have the cabinet place or wood shop in your area rip it and plane it for a fee. This is the same situatoin I go but the place I will get the wood from have a planner and a nice band saw that I will be using to do the cuts my self... Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitman32 Posted July 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Yeah I think Im gonna look for a shop to do the planing perhaps..It seems like that is the best option. I think im gonna do the cutting on my tablesaw though, just for the experience. Im trying to get to a point where I dont have to rely on a shop to do any work for me. Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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