Since I want to put the 3 deg. bevel on each strip per Rob M.'s advice, I could just rip the board straight up with 1.5" wide strips and then adjust the blade and rip each strip in half to get the bevel.

Good/bad idea?

: As the noob questions continue... :)

: Today I got oriented with how to safely operate a table saw and
: ripped a few strips. These happened to create flatsawn strips
: (cool grain) but it didn't matter because it was scrap knotty
: lengths leftover from a paddle blank.

: Looking at my flatsawn boards, the orientation lends itself well to
: creating quartersawn strips (except in the middle), except that
: they'd be way too wide. My initial impression was that I'd want
: to rip a few inches of wood out, then orient it 90 degrees and
: rip the 1.5" face in half so I have two thinner sections to
: rip ~3/4" thick strips.

: Is this standard? Do people rip "typical" sized chunks to
: minimize waste?

: Thanks