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If you center the 72" sled on an 8 ft board you eng up with 12" of board unsupported which is not swift.
Most of the hardwood boards I've needed for furniture type work have typically been 54" or less.
Never tried an 8' board.
Lew
BBBandsaw, not HHHandsaw. I like the bandsaw because if I have a waney edge it is likely because it is a valuable board. And the bandsaw has a very thin kerf. But I have to say if I had a track saw I might use it in this application.
OH! That's different. As Roseanna Anna Danna use'ta say.
I like the bandsaw because if I have a waney
I find that I could go straight from the track saw to glue up.
So your technique is to cut the stock close to needed lengths before straightening.. I have often considered doing it that way, if I end up with 12' long boards I will often experiment with Cut List Plus and tell it that I have 2, 6 footers or a 4 footer and an 8 footer to see how that works out. Those shorter pieces are considerably easier to handle but some times there will be more waste.
-------------------------------------- Last year, took a wood working course at Cerritos College here in SoCal.
(Great program BTW).
I was taught to cross cut rough stock to length + waste allowances as the first step in stock preparation.
This was after you first cut off end cracks, checks, etc.
It was the only cut you were allowed to make using a radial arm saw.
After cutting to length it was face jointing time to get flat enough to run thru the planer. (At least 35% of total area)
(Oh the joys of having access to a 12" jointer).
Using a sled instead of a jointer does a good job as long as you don't have to salvage twisted stock.
Lew
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Agreed, we don't have a great supply of rough cut lumber available to us in the Houston area unless you want to take a couple hour drive. Closer places tend to be more expensive and the savings of rough cut over s2s is not significant most of the time. So, I typically will purchase s2s that is normally pretty flat. In some instances s4s can be more economical when time is a factor and you use most of the board. s2s typically has more wast material left over.
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