Comments on: Making and working with straightedges, part 1 https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/10/20/making-and-working-with-straightedges-part-1/ inside the woodshop Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:51:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/10/20/making-and-working-with-straightedges-part-1/#comment-75742 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:11:32 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1357#comment-75742 Tom,

You’re very welcome and I appreciate the kind words. Let me know if you have any trouble with the project and I’ll be happy to help.

Rob

]]> By: Tom Cross https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/10/20/making-and-working-with-straightedges-part-1/#comment-75726 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:31:07 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1357#comment-75726 Thank you for the interesting post on winding sticks Rob. I have been thinking of making some recently and shall follow your instructions.

I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for all of the effort you have obviously put into this blog. I have just recently found you and have thoroughly enjoyed your posts which are full of excellent tips and advice. I have found your work and knowledge inspiring. Thank you.

]]> By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/10/20/making-and-working-with-straightedges-part-1/#comment-75383 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:48:19 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1357#comment-75383 Fitzhugh,

I do not think it is necessary to do that sort of shaping and I am skeptical that it would even help. It will also make what should be a comfortable, straighforward project considerably harder. I suggest use straight-grained, quartersawn wood, or, if you are concerned about stability, use MDF, which is essentially isotropic in this regard.

Winding sticks sit on their wider edges, just as I have pictured in the post.

By the way, as you can see, I blackened the top of one of the pair of winding sticks with a marker. This stick is the one placed closer to me in use. The more distant stick has moderate light shining on it. The contrast of the two edges makes any displacement easy to see.

Good luck with your project. I suggest that it is best to keep it simple.

Rob

]]> By: fitzhugh https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/10/20/making-and-working-with-straightedges-part-1/#comment-75348 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:47:26 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1357#comment-75348 Thank you. I’ve been using some planed scrap as a straightedge for the past week after realizing how curvy all the cheap metal rulers and yardsticks I have are far from straight.
I saw an article somewhere that said to make the edges opposite the straight edge angled so that they are half the width at each end as they are in the middle so they don’t change shape as much w/ humidity changes – same idea as a coffin smoother plane body. Open grain along the whole length. Can’t do it w/ winding sticks since it is the side that sits on the board that are beveled, but might be worth doing for a straight edge. That combined with your writeup – time to make a straight edge and winding sticks. :)

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