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Default Help: How to Make a Gang Saw

On Feb 7, 2:18*pm, Searcher7 wrote:
On Feb 7, 12:42*pm, dpb wrote:



Searcher7 wrote:


... I figure a gang saw like this would be an easier option than some sort
of indexing jig with stops where I'd have to make passes for every
parallel cut. But correct me if I'm wrong. (I doubt that would be as
accurate).


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I'd be playing w/ small cutters like the Dremel saw blades, etc.,
determining what you need to cut the material manually.


Something on that order is small enough to go on a shaft although 30x
2x0.156" -- ~10" so it'll have to be a good quality hard tool steel
spindle to not be excessively flexible at any reasonable diameter.


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Actually, to groove 30 slots that are .156", with the same distance
between each groove, would result in 30 grooves in about 4-3/4" of
material. And to cut 30 .156 strips would probably require a gang saw
that would be about 2-1/2" across.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.


That's almost the kind of thing one would do with a specially ground
set of shaper knives. IOW, think vertical?
Most power feeders will work just fine on their side. $ 1500 - $ 2K
for the kit? Set of carbide cutters, made like a comb..$2-300.00 for a
set of 3? Adaptable finger-jointing technology?