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Permalink Reply by tungsten on April 24, 2016 at 4:42pm

goggle router scarf jig,back in Guys thread he has some tips,key is to have a firm flat table.

if you dont have a router,then by block plain and finish with power sander.

I did my first one years ago,wasn't that hard,5 ply (1/4") its easy to see where its off as the ply lines wont be straight  best to practice on one first.

good luck

there's also a thingy you can buy to add to your skill saw,but its costs and if you have a router already why bother

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Permalink Reply by Mike Thomas on April 24, 2016 at 6:30pm

Heres a couple ideas. I built guys router jig, it worked ok to rough a 4 ft sheet, still ended up finishing it with a belt sander.

Just to do a couple narrow rub strips I dont think its worth building that jig. Just set up a flat sturdy table with a strip of flat metal on the edge of the table ( like a framing square thickness for instance) Just something to sand down to but not into. Square your rub strip to the metal straight edge so its flat and square, draw a square line 3" from the end at the straight edge, clamp it down and use a belt sander, block plane or even just a sanding block and take it down from the line to the straight edge, so 1/4" to 0".

You can make a great sanding block by cutting a pc of smooth 3/4" particle board..cut it exactly 9-7/8" long x 3" wide, round the corners with a 3/8" round over bit (a 1/4" will work ) and a 3x21" belt sanding belt will fit it perfect and makes a nice long flat sanding block.

Like Tung said, when you get it flat and straight the ply lines will be straight.

And this is how the 2 angled pc`s might fit together

On your 1x wood, if you have a nice table saw (I dont) make a jig to cut a couple angles with. I made a jig for my miter box to get a long angle cut with. I dont have a pic of that. If you can get a 3-5" long angle it will work ok. Glue the stuff up with thickened epoxy.

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