The Final Cut and Milling Flat Edges

Cutting the double-wide strips lengthwise proved to be an easy task. I used a couple of feather boards to hold the strip down and another to hold it against the saw fence. I probably spent about a minute on each strip.

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Router set-up for milling flat edges

Once the strips were to their final width of 3/4", I needed to get the edges flat and smooth. So I set my router up as a joiner. I made an auxiliary fence from a piece of MDF. I routed a 1/64" groove on the infeed side and set a straight cut bit flush with the outfeed side. Each strip went through one time for each side. As shown in the photo, I used feather boards to hold the strip tight against the fence and tight against the router table. The corners of the edges ended up so sharp that I actually cut my thumb a time or two.