Dick Hartwig wrote: > Would-be-builders, don't despair, it is not necessary to spend a lot of > money on saw blades or table saw.
I agree wholeheartedly. I did it the way the plans recommend (or maybe it was an old Newsletter) on a tablesaw. I don't know how it could be much easier. Taper required a little "backwards" thinking, but it's entirely do-able. See http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/kspars.html for details. You could also do it with a belt sander or planer if you're careful by marking a line on both front and back and sanding to it. But you have to be careful with measuring and cutting no matter how you do it... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford