I was able to find a straight piece of oak I had that was also a perfect 3" width. So tonight I screwed the piece of [straight] oak to two of the walnut pieces I wanted to straighten. I offset the oak on top of the walnut so the oak piece stuck-out to one side [see photo below]. Since the oak is straight, and offset from the walnut, I could run it against the fence while ripping the attached walnut in the table saw and, in theory, the walnut cut would be parallel to the oak piece and thus straight. Once completed, I detach the oak and then flip the walnut piece over so that the newly cut [and now straight] side of the walnut piece is against the fence. I ran the walnut piece through once again this time making a straight, and parallel, cut to the other side. In making these cuts, I'm only cutting about 1/16ths of an inch of wood from the sides. So the overall loss of wood is minimal. This technique worked. I completed two pieces that will likely be paired for the front base. I will run the other 5 pieces through tomorrow. See pics below.
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June 2016
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