ckirstieshopteacher

I teach woods at a high school. The table saws were down for weeks one time (electrical issue and stuborn electricians). Bottom line is I used the band saw for all ripping (gave it a 1/8 - 1/4 " wider than desired width) then ran the rip on the router table to get a great straight edge. (note that the router table fence is set so the board goes between the fence and the bit. This means that the board is fed in opposite direction than if you had a bearing on the router bit and were using it). This produced glueable edges. It worked so well I use this solution sometimes rather than geeeting out and setting up the table saw in my small home shop. It has kept me and my table saw out of the Oregon rain lots of times. The extra step of the bandsaw rough width reduces waste and makes the router bits last longer.