Wedges 4 Use When Milling

[thewoodlands]

I will be making some wedges this week so I made this template, the measurements are 3.48 wide by 4.0.




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[Thistle]

I will be making some wedges this week so I made this template, the measurements are 3.48 wide by 4.0.




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They dont even to have a taper,like traditional wedges.Just good hardwood flat stock 3"-4" wide,a foot or so long & about a 1/32" thicker than the saw's kerf,rounded & beveled on one end.I made a couple dozen years ago out of hard maple (what I had at the time) spray painted with fluorescent orange paint for visibility on the forest floor.You dont need them at first,but insert a pair across from each other once you're in the cut about 2 feet,then again about every 2 feet & repeat until you're about that far from the opposite end.They last a long time since they're just slipped in the kerf & not hammered on like tapered felling wedges.

(Notice the tiny green Black Walnut at bottom of pic,gonna be a decent crop this Fall I think,judging by how many I see on the ground already & pieces of husk dropped by squirrels on my head,truck & driveway 60+ feet below ;-P )

 

[smokinj]

Oh, when your at lowe's next time get some cedar shims......Cheap and light...Nice to have a bunch of them.

What you got going on there will work too! :cheese:

 

[Thistle]

Oh, when your at lowe's next time get some cedar shims......Cheap and light...Nice to have a bunch of them.

What you got going on there will work too! :cheese:

I've been known to raid a small trash pile on the job of a few of those before the whole mess gets tossed into the dumpster.Great to have a handful around the shop & garage,they really come in handy ;-) You can't beat FREE! :coolsmirk:

 

[smokinj]

Oh, when your at lowe's next time get some cedar shims......Cheap and light...Nice to have a bunch of them.

What you got going on there will work too! :cheese:

I've been known to raid a small trash pile on the job of a few of those before the whole mess gets tossed into the dumpster.Great to have a handful around the shop & garage,they really come in handy ;-)

Yep lol I have use about anything I get my hands on...Happen to have two packs of the cedar shims left form a scab deck job. They work sweet. I also will use the normal ones.. ;-)

Just keep collecting they come in handy.