Taper Jig - Blade Choice?

David Agnew

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I'm putting together a taper jig for my Mission Lamp project and I got to thinking about how I would actually use it. What blade should I use? A rip blade or a cross cut blade? I'm doing a very shallow taper (3/8" over 12") so I'm leaning towards the 24t Rip Blade.

What do you guys do?

Thanks.
 
Thanks for the insight. I should've mentioned it's 2.75" thick red oak and I've got a Frued LU87R 24t thin kerf rip and a Ridgid R1060C 60t thin kerf ATB.

I'll use the LU87. :thumb:
 
I use a woodworker 2 combination blade. I have a straightliner I use for short boards its about 4 and a half feet long. I mark my starting and ending point on my stock for the taper then line those marks up with the edge of the straightliner, clamp the piece and run it against the fence. I have always felt safer doing it that way than using the tapered jigs and big bonus.... no math!! you just need to know your start and end points. the rest takes care of itself.
any necessary clean up can be done at the jointer so rip it a 1/16 oversized
 
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