A good way to remember the sequence for preparing rough stock is the acronym  FEWTEL

 

F - face - flatten one face

E - edge - joint one edge square to that flattened face

W - width - rip to finish width

T - thickness - other face to uniform thickness.

E - end - square up one end

L - length - cut to finish length

 

Works if you're using power equipment, hand tools, or a little of both.

Edited December 5, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Thanks!

That is great info! I do not always do it in that order

Edited July 29, 20178 yr by Chips N Dust

MOCT:

 

measure once, cut twice.....

 

wait, that doesn't sound right.

 

 

30 minutes ago, DAB said:

MOCT:

 

measure once, cut twice.....

 

wait, that doesn't sound right.

 

 

 

found my error:

 

should be - 

 

MOCTRP

 

measure once, cut twice, redraw plan.....

 

don't follow me around, i'm lost.

 

Futile - that's how i read it out loud.

 

as in, no matter what you do to this piece of wood, it's still going to do what it wants to do, so your efforts are Futile.

13 minutes ago, DAB said:

Futile - that's how i read it out loud.

 

as in, no matter what you do to this piece of wood, it's still going to do what it wants to do, so your efforts are Futile.

 I thought the same thing!

Most excellent, thanks Keith!

20 hours ago, DAB said:

Futile - that's how i read it out loud.

 

as in, no matter what you do to this piece of wood, it's still going to do what it wants to do, so your efforts are Futile.

Hmm,  I always remembered it as "Few Tell"

 

I have a friend, Bill Fee.  On my GPS it says "Bilfy" and on my phone it says, "Feeble"

 

Edited July 30, 20178 yr by kmealy