I need to cut a "taper" on a piece of pine. It measures 3/4x1, about 4 ft.
long. I need to cut 3/16 at the top down to 1/16 at the bottom. Hope I'm
explaining this right. Would the best thing to use be a taper jig or how? I
have to do more of them, about 6 or 8. Never used a taper jig, so all
advice and ideas are welcome.
Tia
Have a safe and prosperous New Year!

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Bob S.


"Jimmy" wrote in message
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I need to cut a "taper" on a piece of pine. It measures 3/4x1, about 4 ft.
long. I need to cut 3/16 at the top down to 1/16 at the bottom. Hope I'm
explaining this right. Would the best thing to use be a taper jig or how? I
have to do more of them, about 6 or 8. Never used a taper jig, so all
advice and ideas are welcome.
Tia
Have a safe and prosperous New Year!

Jimmy wrote:

I need to cut a "taper" on a piece of pine. It measures 3/4x1, about 4 ft.
long. I need to cut 3/16 at the top down to 1/16 at the bottom. Hope I'm
explaining this right. Would the best thing to use be a taper jig or how?

A taper sled works a lot better than a taper jig.

--
It's turtles, all the way down

Jimmy wrote:

I need to cut a "taper" on a piece of pine. It measures 3/4x1, about
4 ft.
long. I need to cut 3/16 at the top down to 1/16 at the bottom.
snip

This is a natural for a scarfing jig, assuming you have either a router
or a plane, either powered or hand.

For this job, I would stay away from a table saw for safety reasons.

Take a look at the home made scarfing jig shown in Fred Bingham's book,
Practical Yacht Joinery.

SFWIW, I have a 12:1 scarf jig made from 3/4 ply, hanging in my shed.

Lew

For this small of a taper you can use the trick normally used to fit
inset doors into an out of square hole. Just tack a 1/8" shim at one
end of the board on the face that meets the fence. Since the piece is 4
ft long, create a fence extension that goes far enough back from the
front of the blade, adjust the cut width and push it through.

Jimmy wrote:
I need to cut a "taper" on a piece of pine. It measures 3/4x1, about 4 ft.
long. I need to cut 3/16 at the top down to 1/16 at the bottom. Hope I'm
explaining this right. Would the best thing to use be a taper jig or how? I
have to do more of them, about 6 or 8. Never used a taper jig, so all
advice and ideas are welcome.
Tia
Have a safe and prosperous New Year!

"Jimmy" wrote in message
. net...
I need to cut a "taper" on a piece of pine. It measures 3/4x1, about 4 ft.
long. I need to cut 3/16 at the top down to 1/16 at the bottom. Hope I'm
explaining this right. Would the best thing to use be a taper jig or how?
I
have to do more of them, about 6 or 8. Never used a taper jig, so all
advice and ideas are welcome.
Tia
Have a safe and prosperous New Year!

I would also use a sled rather than a jig. Using a sled was recommended to
me, and I really like the results.
Patt