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   JeffHeath | May 01, 2005 05:18am | #1

   bob

   concave side down 1st

   Jeff

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   forestgirl | May 01, 2005 08:47pm | #2

   Jeff's advice is correct.  The main reason?  You want the additional support points that placing the concave side down provides, for safety.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

   
   

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   Edited 5/1/2005 1:48 pm ET by forestgirl

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   mudman | May 02, 2005 06:40am | #3

   That is a very good reason FG. But I'd say that the main reason is you end up removing a LOT less wood.

   Mike

    please excuse my spelling.

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   forestgirl | May 02, 2005 07:08am | #4

   No doubt, mike.  Safety was my "main reason" though.

   Seems like most of the cupped boards I run across are always so thin already, it's pretty hopeless to try and mill them.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   KeithNewton | May 02, 2005 04:31pm | #5

   Hey Mike and FG. It is possible to take a large circle and run it over a jointer, keeping the tangent point over the cutter, until it has been reduced down to nothing like peeling like an apple.When the concave side is down, unless you are forcing the natural bow down to the cutter, only the part that needs to be cut to make a straight line will be cut away.You can get a flat surface with the convex down, you just can't let it rock while it is being fed across the cutter.

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   forestgirl | May 02, 2005 08:09pm | #6

   "you just can't let it rock while it is being fed across the cutter."  Yup.  Can't trust myself to do that :-)  

   I think I'll skip the apple thing, especially the part about reducing it to nothing, LOL.  I guess you could make your own edgebanding with that technique.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)