Best way to cut a thin slice in to a block of wood

[ColeyS1]

Just use the narrowest saw blade you can get. I've got a 2.6mm on the table saw. Angle the groove slightly so the Polaroid is at a slight angle. Being a tad slack won't hurt one bit. Don't worry about faffing around trying to stop the groove. Smash a long length through the table saw, sand it up, then chop to 100mm lengths. Sand up the ends and splash on something that'll bring the grain out.

Coley

 

[RobsonWoodwork]

Wow, thanks everyone! Was hoping to maybe get a reply or two - wasn't expecting 2 pages of replies in just a few hours!

Sorry for the incorrect sizings - the blocks are 110mm in width not 100mm.

However, after reading the replies I'm inclined to agree with the suggestions of just slicing right across - think I was trying to be overly complicated for no reason really.

Again, thanks for the help - looking forward to getting stuck in on this board!

Cheers

 

[Frank House]

RobsonWoodwork,

Glad to see you are heading towards simplicity of design.

"Perfection is only attained when nothing more can be removed."
-- Attrib. "Lao Tze" (with many variants in spelling).

I wish I could learn to adopt this approach early, instead of while recovering from trouble.

Frank.

 

[Droogs]

You could use a a small piece of hacksaw blade 4-5 teeth wide attached to the end of a mortice gauge, like a mini kerfing saw or inlay saw and make it that way. slow but do-able

 

[oakmitre]

I like the sound of this, what type of wood are you using ?

Do you have a random orbital sander, plane, router ?