Hey is there a safe and easy way to make shims on a table saw. My method is to use a shim as a spacer, and rip some waste 2×6. That is great for the first few shims, but as I whittle the 2×6 down I start to worry about my knuckles and fingertips.
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Glue your shim stock onto the end of another 2 by with hot glue. Cut right up to the glue joint.
I get a bundle of cedar shingles a cut them to the correct length for the job - they are easy to break to width...
Chop saw at about 1 1/2 degrees. flip flip flip flip. But no cure for the close fingers.
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Bandsaw if the cedar shingles won't work.
I use crosscut sled that I cobbled together from some red oak scrap. When the 2x material gets "close" to the blade I have a hold down piece that fits in the sled. I cut the shim scraps a little less in length than the depth of the sled so there's some wiggle room to to make the angle cut....then just flip the scrap end for end and cut the 90, flip, cut, flip, cut.....