With the patterns applied, step two in my 275 Hippo Christmas tree ornaments project is trimming the wood to size. Black limba is expensive, so I carefully ripped one-inch strips from the edge. While one-inch-wide strips alone are of limited use, wood glue and clamps can effectively join them together. For example, if I face glue two of the strips together, I will get a 1x1-inch square. I can compound cut square pieces on my scroll saw into small birdhouse ornaments or turn them on my Shopsmith lathe. Five-inch-wide boards would have been the perfect width for this project. However, it was not available in five-inch widths.
I used my Shopsmith table saw with a thin kerf 7.25-inch Freud blade and a zero clearance insert to do the cutting. I also used two Microjig GRR-RIPPER push blocks to feed the wood through the saw.
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