Seeking Ideas for a Rail Saw...Removing Live Edges...

[aczlan]

What if you made a carriage for the piece of wood to sit on (and clamp to), then run that over the blade of your table saw?
You would need a track that would attach to the slots in the table saw, or bolt the table saw itself and have the carriage ride on the track.

Aaron Z

 

[Gee Ray]

There are edgers that are available, If you do not want to buy one why not copy their design. Otherwise you need to build a track and a cart. As you said something about a radial arm saw, there is a problem. The rotation of the saw blade pulls the saw into the wood and this self-feeding will bind the blade.

Other wise the track and cart must work like a table saw. Perhaps you could invert a "beam Saw" in order to have a larger blade to feed the cart past it.

 

[/pine]

Again...We are not looking for alternative ideas for the design I described...only looking for a clamping system and the best way to fasten a saw (circular) to a truck that will travel on a tube rail...

The blade action through the board will be no different than pushing a regular circular saw on a line etc...likewise same as a track saw...

The main purpose is to simply (as possible) remove the live edge from a board...i.e., slap the board on the bench...eyeball and clamp it and push the saw down the rail...send the board to the table saw...

The idea is one man least handling of a board simple and fast...i.e, production is the keyword...

 

[Cord]

Is a G555B what you want?

 

[Gee Ray]

Use a good piece of hardwood perpendicular to the track with the holes drilled into it and use these bench clamps (dogs). Jorgensen 8" Reach Bench Hold-down Clamp #1716 | Malelo.com Tap them tight with a mallet. And tap them loose.

 

[/pine]

Again as stated in the OP....we are looking for a simple way to clamp both ends of a 12'-14' board with a single lever from just one end of the board...we are wanting to make this so it involves the least amount of movement by the operator...even the saw travel will be automated eventually...

Either 100% mechanical or partially elec./ air etc. has not been ruled out

Think of a small vertical band mill...only using a clamping system (described) and not dogs...

 

[MossRoad]

Again as stated in the OP....we are looking for a simple way to clamp both ends of a 12'-14' board with a single lever from just one end of the board...we are wanting to make this so it involves the least amount of movement by the operator...even the saw travel will be automated eventually...

Either 100% mechanical or partially elec./ air etc. has not been ruled out

Think of a small vertical band mill...only using a clamping system (described) and not dogs...

Draw a picture because it's obvious that you're not communicating exactly what you want in a manner that anyone else can understand by the number of "again" posts you're making.

If you're looking for clamps to grab a 12' board at each end to hold it flat onto a table, operated at just one point, why don't you just make a clamp at each end with a common bar between them so they're both operated by the same lever? Seems kinda simple, if that's what you're after.

 

[dnw64]

Like I stated in the OP...the issues we are looking for ideas on are the saw and fastening it to a truck (carriage) that will glide on a steel tube rail...and making a clamping system that can be engaged from one end...

So, you are looking to reinvent the wheel? Or do you have champagne taste and a beer budget?

Straight line rip saw has been the industry standard for probably 50 years. Initially with "line lights" and for the last 20-30 the laser light. However, you can cheap out on lights simply by having the right side of your infeed table aligned with your blade, and adjust the board by feel.

Our straight-line is actually a straight-line gang-rip. 13" arbor and up to 14 blades theoretically, though we've never had more than 6. Typically 3-4. Here's a quick video we did a week or two ago: Check out this clip of the ripsaw in... - Vermont Furniture Hardwoods

 

[MossRoad]

Personally, from a safety point, I'd make a sled to move the working piece and keep the saw stationary. A saw moving all over the place is more unpredictable to the operator as to where it is at any given moment VS always knowing where that blade is.

 

[RickB]

This can’t be a new problem. How many times does one need to invent a wheel?