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On Sunday, July 02, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Dave Monk said:

Nice job Jerry! Why did you use wood that was sooo thin? Nice to see your work.

2 of our sons are senior engineers.  I bought 1/6 from Ocooch for theirs.  I didn't like the ones I did in the past out of 1/8.  I do think that 1/16th looks much more professional.  This particular piece was done because I got tired of tripping of the scrap.

jerry

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On 6/30/2017 at 7:41 PM, jerry1939 said:

The only thing different about this for me is that I used 1/16" solid oak for the cut piece.

A word to the wise; You hold your breath a lot cutting 1/16".

jerry

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your braver than me to attempt and finish this baby !

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Most people on this site disagree with this, but for the time spent cutting something fragile, I ALWAYS put a 1/4" luan sacrifice board above and below my piece.  Run the luan grain in the opposite direction of your piece.

1.  It adds a tremendous amount of strength.

2.  You have better blade control by cutting a greater thickness.

3.  The luan cost is minimal in comparison to chipping out a fragile piece, using certain words and throwing it away.

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