When I needed two 7-ft.-long fluted panels for the front entrance of my house, I made this simple angled fence and cut the flutes on my tablesaw. The fence is simply a wedge-shaped piece of plywood screwed to a plywood channel that press-fits on the rip fence. The angle of the plywood to the blade will determine the shape of the flutes, with a small angle producing deep, narrow flutes and a larger angle producing shallow, wide flutes. I found that an angle of 13¡ was about right for this particular job.

To cut the fluted panels, fix the angled fence on the rip fence and set the blade depth at about 1/8 in. It will take four passes, raising the blade 1/8 in. each pass, to cut the flute to its final depth of 1/2 in. After one flute has been completed, move the rip fence over, lower the blade and start another.

Wayne A. Kulesza, Chicago, Ill.

Fine Woodworking Magazine, December 1987 No. 67

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