Squaring up rough cut oak boards

[beenthere]

Steve C
That is a very sad picture there. Turns my stomach to look at it, and what it represents. Hope your outcome was just a bit fair to you in recovering some of your things.

 

[texbaylea]

I use Forrest blades on my table saw and circular saw for special cuts. I get cuts that only need sanding whether rip or cross cut. You must tune your saw to be sure that the fence or guide edge is absolutely parallel to the blade. It is easy to get heel burn with these blades.

Vernon

 

[schmism]

there are commercial jigs for this but you can also build one.

its basically a straight edge sled that you run against the fence with the non-straight board clamped to it.

this creates one straight edge that you can then run against the fence to create a parallel second edge.

 

[kennyd]

I use Forrest blades on my table saw and circular saw for special cuts. I get cuts that only need sanding whether rip or cross cut. You must tune your saw to be sure that the fence or guide edge is absolutely parallel to the blade. It is easy to get heel burn with these blades.

Vernon

I have been using Forrest blades for years in my table saw and my SCMS-very happy customer here!

 

[kennyd]

there are commercial jigs for this but you can also build one.

its basically a straight edge sled that you run against the fence with the non-straight board clamped to it.

this creates one straight edge that you can then run against the fence to create a parallel second edge.

I linked to the "commercially available" ones in my previous post.

 

[RRILEY]

Snap a chalk line and use your circular saw. screw a straight board onto your fence on the table saw, approx 8'. run the edge you just cut against the fence turn over (adjust fence for min. waste) cut other edge, flip over and clean up hand cut edge. You may not want to waste much on the joiner. Another way would be to screw straight guides into the lumber to run against the fence but you may not want to damage the face of the lumber for finished furniture with screw holes.

 

[RRILEY]

If they are not that warped since you ran them through the planer put the extension on the fence of the table saw like I mentioned in the previous post and use a feather board to keep the board against the fence through the cut, after the saw blade. get a square small enough and double check the saw blade to be 90 degrees from the surface with out touching the teeth.
Sounds harder than it actually is.

 

[Egon]

I'd try Steves method. I've use it with a bandsaw and log more than once.

 

[WayneB]

Last year I had a bunch of old growth pine boards that I wanted to plane. Ended up taking them to a sawmill around here that planed them and all four sides. I am not sure just how much it cost but it was cheap and very quick.

You could also check with your local high school heck they might have a large joiner and could do the job quickly for you. They might also have a thickness planer and do all four sides. Just a thought!