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Wood working guys,

I'd like to make a rack to hold the lids to our pots and pans. My plan was to take something like at 8"x3/4" poplar, drill two rows of holes 1 - 1.5" aparts and put dowls in the holes. I'd like to make the top surface of the poplar concave. The only way that I can think to do that is a bit of a no-no. Very slowly sliding the board perpendicular to a table saw blade.

The problem is that going perpendicular to the blade is bad for many reasons, right?

Is there another way to do this? I've also got a Freud stackable dado blade rather than the regular single blade. Would that matter.

I assume putting side loads on the blades is bad in case they crack/break, and it's probably also bad on the bearings/motor.

Can anyone make a recommendation?

Thanks