How to cut
2x4 Diagonally
Cut Long Tapers on your Table Saw, Quick, Easy & Cheap
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hey newbie Dan here the other day I
wanted to cut tapers and a couple of
two-by-fours to help support sheets of
plywood leaning up against the wall in
my lumber cubby hole
I know there are jigs out there for
cuttin capers and in fact I have John
hisis paper jig and it's great but it's
not long enough to handle 48 inch stock
I could build a longer one but then I'd
have to store it somewhere here's a
quick and easy alternative so the goal
was to cut identical tapers in to 48
inch long two by fours on a table saw
that's about 21 and a half inches so
obviously I want to run my two by fours
across the blade at an angle I went to
my local Home Depot and got this 1 by 6
pine board from the cutoff bin for
around $2 the board will run along the
RIP fence and the 2x4 will be attached
to the board so I cut the board to 48
inches and I laid the 2x4 on it flush
against one edge then I made some marks
at both ends I wanted one end of the 2x4
angled about two inches so I made a mark
two inches in from the first mark then I
attached the 2x4 to the board if you
don't want to damage your stock then
screw it down through the cut off
portion or use some good double-sided
tape they won't let the board come off
by accident I attached some pieces of
scrap wood so I knew where to attach the
second 2x4 so the tapers would be pretty
much identical I set up the fence for
the cut
I had positioned the end of the 2x4
pretty close to the edge of the pine
board but you don't have to do that just
move your fence out further then I ran
it through the blade keeping the pine
board against the fence one taper of 2x4
down one to go
attach the second 2x4 in the same place
using those pieces of scrap wood to help
align it and I cut it the same way I'm
supporting the end with one of these
cheap roller stands from Harbor Freight
and there you go
two identical tapers
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