Where can I buy a straight wooden board to make a straight edge?

Answer 1

A basic ruler will do the job if you have no money to spend. Just clamp it onto a table to keep it steady.

Answer 2

I would not use a board. A piece of angle metal will work better. Aluminium angle will work well. And you should be able to get used bed frame steel angle irons fairly cheaply...

Answer 3

I would clamp a steel straightedge, much more chance of that being true.

Answer 4

A lumberyard.
Home Depot has some hardwood.
Find a nice hardwood board (oak or ash) of the size that you require and have a woodshop joint the edge flat/straight/square for you. The machine is a JOINTER.

I had a nice seasoned piece of white ash (2" x 4" x 7') that I used in the garage with my table saw for a few decades, until my dumba$$ brother cut it up for some retarded project that didn't work, because the wood was so hard he couldn't nail into it.

I now have a 6 foot piece of 6061 aluminum that is straight. I got it at a machinists metal supply place. It's ½" x 3" x 6'

Here's an example:
http://www.industrialmetalsales.com/1-2-...

Beware of cheap Chinese crap being sold in Home Depot, Lowe's, Menards, Walmart, etc, under the guise of being a quality tool.

The definition of "cheap" when I was a child, more than half a century ago: inferior quality. Like a cheap wristwatch. Now, people are attracted by the word!

Answer 5

Home Depot, Lowes or your local Lumber store.

Answer 6

Lowe's, Home Depot, any lumber store

Answer 7

I wouldn't use a piece of wood.
It's too hard to find one that's really straight any more.

A strip of aluminium would be better.

A lot of people use the edge of an I-beam (carpenter's) level
because it is supposed to be straight when manufactured.

If you need a longer one, get a "cutting guide".

Answer 8

Depends on how straight you need it to be, but if you really need a straight edge then they sell such things.at Home Depo and such places

Answer 9

Could I just buy a metal straight edge? would that even work?

Answer 10

Probably home depot or lowes.