Tapering Wooden Combs????
Hi All,
I'm making some wooden combs for Christmas and am looking for a faster way the taper them either before or after the teeth are cut.
The pieces are about 1/2 to 3/8" thick when I start and about 3X4".
I tried cutting 2 pieces on the band saw but the blade needs to be thicker as it wandered too much from top to bottom.
I made a zero clearance insert for the table saw at 5 degrees of tilt but will need to make a jig of some sort as there is too much blade exposed and the fingers are way too close. (It took me a long time to listen to that little vioce and I'm not about to ignore it this time!)
I tried a hand plane. Would making a sloped bed to rest the piece on and plane "flat" help?
The article suggest using a belt sander but it is slow and dusty.
All those evil people at FWW and PWW with their article on carving letter made simple and beginning carving grrrrr.
As long as the little angels are happy.
Thank for the ideas
Pics to follow when I have something to show.
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