my first attempt at laminating. Maple and purpleheart. Used two 1x2 maple to sandwich a 1/4" pc of purpleheart. Everything went well until I tried to cut the final laminated piece into two necks with a circular saw. Let's just say the two pieces didn't come out even (thickness). LOL!In fact one piece was so thin in spots that I decided to laminate another piece of purple heart to the bottom to make it thicker (the bottom neck in the photo).Sanding/hand planing/rasping and I still can't get a good level face. So my next attempt will be with a flush trim bit in my router table (just waiting for it to arrive). I'll practice on a piece of scrap -- it it works well then I'm good to go, if not, I'll just sand/rasp/plane until they are the best I can get them.lesson learned: setup a much larger surface to hold work when cutting with a circular saw and make sure saw has full support underneath so I don't have to worry about keeping it level over a 60" length.
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a jointer/thickness planer would be ideal... unfortunately, I probably have more tools than most of my friends and I know no one with either of those tools. I was hoping to find a craft center that would have those kinds of tools available for their patrons. But while I see these kinds of craft centers in other cities, I haven't been able to find one in the Chicagoland area.
the next time I do this, I'll just have to take my time and setup a good saw area.
Honestly I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like trying to rip purple heart of those dimensions with a circular saw. Even using my big table saw I take it in multiple passes when it comes to purple heart and I still don't get perfect results. So I'd say you done good. Know any one with a jointer or thickness planer? That'd make things go much quicker for ya.
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the next time I do this, I'll just have to take my time and setup a good saw area.