Today I shoveled snow! By lunch time I only had about 2/3rds of the driveway done, but it's so much fun, I figured I should save the rest to enjoy tomorrow. We're retired, so we aren't going anywhere, and the county plow hasn't made it to our road yet anyway.
This afternoon, I finished making some straight edge guides for my router and 1/2 inch trim bit
Identical principle to the homemade track saw guides for a circular saw. It's important to use the centering cone before trimming the edge to size.
I already made 4 foot and 5 foot guides for the teardrop build, and was using them for smaller pieces, but the clamping gets tricky, and if not done right, I found the pieces slide under the guide, so I made a bunch out of scrap wood in 3 inch increments. I don't have a jointer, so for 4 and 5 foot guides I used the router in the table with a split fence and shim. These I made based on the 4 foot guide.
To trim plywood, I've been in the habit of cutting close to the line with a jig saw and then using the guide and router to straighten the edge. Our table saw isn't really that good, so I try to find other ways of doing things. Right now, the circular saw that's in the shop (which is probably the obviously way to do it) has a stud cutting blade on it. If we ever get our other circular saw back from a relative, I'll probably put a plywood blade on that one and make another set of these for that combination.
Now, I need to make a rack for these...
Tom