Cutting 16 ft Stringers on a Shopbot 4896

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Cutting 16 ft Stringers on a Shopbot 4896

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Re: Cutting 16 ft Stringers on a Shopbot 4896

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What method did you use to index the board?
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Re: Cutting 16 ft Stringers on a Shopbot 4896

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I used 3/8 dowel pins. You can see them there at the very beginning of the video.
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Re: Cutting 16 ft Stringers on a Shopbot 4896

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cool, man i wish i had that machine to do deck stringers a few years ago!
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