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Introduction[]

Making tons of wedges is an annoying task. This article describes a tool used for making wooden wedges using a circular saw.

Making a wedge-sawing helper[]

First, using a piece of wood to mark the slope of the wedge on a piece of plank as roughly as thick as the wedges are wide:

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Cut away the marked area:

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Ensure that the slope and size of the area that was cut away is correct, and adjust if necessary:

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Attach a piece of plywood to the plank to prevents the circular saw from lifting the wedge up when it's being pushed against the blade:

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Sawing the wedges[]

First saw a plank into rectangular pieces of appropriate length:

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Insert a piece into the wedge-sawing helper and push the whole thing through the circular saw. Use a wooden stick to prevent the cut away part of the wedge from flying into your eye. Also remember to wear eye protection, as this is fairly hazardous business:

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Depending on the width of the rectangular pieces of wood, you'll end up with two sizes of wedges with the same slope:

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After sawing the wedges, smoothen them with a file or sandpaper, and you're done:

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