i am going to be cutting some prefinished stair tread and was wondering what tool i should use to get the best result.i am excellent with a circ saw but that just doesn’t seem right. maybe a sliding chop saw? any suggestions would be much appreciated.
RTC
From building boxes and fitting face frames to installing doors and drawers, these techniques could be used for lots of cabinet projects.
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now i am talking to myself in hopes that someone will take pity on me and help me
so what is so unusual about talking to yurself...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Imerc, Talking to yourself isn't the problem..........Arguing with yourself IS.........Worst yet is agrguing with yourself and losing.........Mike
keeps ya on yur toes if you'll haveta 2nd guess the outcome...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Now that funny--I don't care who you are. (Larry the cable guys line)Or worse yet is having aargument---Losing and two hours later you come up with a witty comeback.
or in the morning shake and have another argument over if it's to be ham or bacon...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Sometimes the conversations I have with myself are the only intelligent ones I have all day.
and you get the last word in...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Even worse.
Have the conversation with yourself and at the conclusion go: "huh?".PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
This thread have developed a spilt personallity1 for how to cut threads and2 how to win an arguement with yourself in three easy steps.Funny how we spin off in these odd directions.
I don't have any advice to offer, just an observation. 22 minutes is really not a very long time to wait late on a Saturday night. This isn't a chat room. Some of the people who can answer your question may not even see it until after work on Monday.
slider or a sliding carridge fer yur table saw..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Imerc has a good point that i was going to make till I scrolled down and saw he beat me too it.
I just made a sled with a cleat and ####runner for the miter grove in the saw table and put one of those push action clamps with the rubber button and a brass dowel that I could put between the tread and the cleat to change the angle from 90 to slighly off .
Made it for one job and have stahed it ever since but i am sure I'll use It again.
Someday......
Maybe.....
Then again maybe not.....
Wanna buy it? J/K Mike
I've cut a bunch of treads with a Makita and a guide...and I talked to myself the whole time<G>
I use my makita 10" slider or dewalt 12" slider. The important thing to rember is the cut may not be square so get som paper to template to cut. If you feel good with your circular saw you may get a good result with a freud diablo blade but I pay 44 bucks canadian for the oak treads so I'll stick to the big saw.
Have a good day
Cliffy
If you are REAL steady... you can do it with a circ and a guide.
I'm not that steady... so I use a slider or my radial arm (depends on the size of the job if I have the radial on-site). Face up, bull-nose toward you. Don't try to get too fancy with the slider... just operate as if it were a radial arm (hold on tight).
Sharp carbide, 80 tooth blade. Go slow... and you'll have a finish that will make ya proud.
As was mentioned... have a roll of painter's paper to template the corners if you can't work the angles off a cheater (takes a lot of practice to get it right).
Edited 3/13/2005 2:47 pm ET by Rich from Columbus
I' will use a shooter board. All your cuts are tapered.
Actually, it depends on how cupped the skirts are...while I used to use shooting boards, nothing can beat a slider for cutting curvacious treads that fit<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!
No Problem there.
If you can have the slider on the site. Slider EZit.
Billy. Slider table saw or miter saw?
Sliding Miter saw. I've never been able to haul my unisaw to the job<G>Have you got a way to cut treads on a DeWalt tablesaw???Not that I wouldn't be surprised...LOLI've got to cut a prehung jamb from 5 3/4 to 5 5/516 tomorrow, plus some otta whack casing to go with it...guess what i'm taking??? Don't worry, we can fix that later!
I've got to cut a prehung jamb from 5 3/4 to 5 5/516 tomorrow, plus some otta whack casing to go with it...guess what i'm taking???
That was ez.(G)
what is a shooter board?
RTC
someone posted a picture of a jig that they used for stair treads a while back. anyone still got that picture?
RTC
I like to use the sliding miter saw
I also screw scraps of 1x together to make patterns to get the angles just right