| Milling Strips |

| For ripping strips, I use a zero clearance throat plate, a micro splitter and two Board Buddies. The combination helps to keep the strips tight to the fence and reduces the likelihood of kickback. I used a Freud Diablo 7 1/4" blade. The blade has a very thin kerf allowing me to get an extra few strips compared to thicker kerf blades. |

| I ripped about 100 strips of western red cedar, cypress and redwood. |