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Title: Taper sleds
Post by: pigmandan1 on July 17, 2011, 01:19:00 PM

How do I make a taper sled.

Title: Re: Taper sleds
Post by: kennym on July 17, 2011, 02:30:00 PM

You can make a pc of plywood as perfectly parallel and glue some readymade tapers to it, or spend a day with shims,tape(mask tape .004, cellophane .001),dial calipers,etc trying to make it perfectly!LOL

Title: Re: Taper sleds
Post by: pigmandan1 on July 17, 2011, 04:05:00 PM

Thanks Kenny that sounds a lot easier

Title: Re: Taper sleds
Post by: strungstick on July 20, 2011, 11:00:00 PM

You can also make a taper board by taking some straight grained maple or similar and actually tapering the sled itself via some purchased tapered lams. Or - if your taper sled is thick enough and will not flex you can place a shim at the end and just calculate the tickness required for the distance of the sled and desired taper. My sleds are made out of very straight grained and stable oak and have worked well for years.

Title: Re: Taper sleds
Post by: Walt Francis on July 21, 2011, 11:06:00 PM

I used some of Kenney's tapered laminations and LVL's to make mine.

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