Thanks, Joe. It's about to get interesting. :)

Inquiring minds want to know:cool:

Very interesting landscape down there. I'll make sure Dave pics me up along his way.

Morning gents

I'll put a shrimp on the barbie

Just one??

I'll have to wait till Beth lets me come alone. She had a childhood friend become a crock dinner down there (as was told to me) and she won't go there. :(

Seven

You obviously have never seen me eat:D

That's just real bad luck. I've been waste deep in croc water (didn't know until the following day), but let her know that we're to far south and to far inland for crocs. Now snakes and spiders, that's an entirely different story.

Assuming that all sides are square, a simple way to cut the top, is with the table saw. The table saw blade has a kerf of 1/8". Not bad, but enough that you can notice when lining up grain. The bandsaw has a kerf of 1/16", but the blade likes to wander. So... How to get a nice even cut? :)

Haha

Have you seen the size of a king prawn? ;-)

Better throw another shrimp on the barbie..

Chortle

I have no doubt you will have it done the correct way.

I have vague memories of doing this in high school. Pretty sure you use a table saw, but don't cut the lot in one pass. Raise the blade so that you just cut each edge using the saw guide to set the depth from the top edge. That way you minimise the effect of the blade kerf.

Oh, another tIp, the depth of the blade cut should be no more than 10mm greater than the thickness of the material

Kerf = width of blade. Yes, a table saw will work, but with the twice the material loss. I'll be using the bandsaw.

Haha, I miss read that as curvature. How you gunna control the wander? I guess you just go slowly, yes?