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Thread: Squaring rough cut lumber

  1. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smilee View Post
    Poor man's way, use a chalk line.
    it's not uncommon for a popped chalk line to be bowed

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    Human eye is the second measurement and cut once.

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    Pull a chalk line and cut with skilsaw then flip over and run both sides through table saw....
    \"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE

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    I had t&g 7” pine cut to cover the walls of my house. While the ends were square, many had a bow in the ends of middle. I used a Bo-wrench to straighten out/put pressure on certain areas of the board to straighten it out while nailing. Probably did 3000ft2 with it and you can’t find 1 board that you’d call bowed now.
    Quote Originally Posted by ecu1984 View Post
    Go Tigers!

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