Mark L. wrote- >I used a table saw to do the tapering, and changed the angle of the blade >as I tapered.
...and I can vouch that the technique works. I used it on the windshield uprights on my "Construction Trainer" cabin, which is about twice the amount of angle change as the taper of the KR spar and in a much shorter distance. My buddy and I ran about a half-dozen trial attempts, me calling out the marks as I fed the piece through the saw, and he just turning the blade angle crank at the pre-determined pace. Look at the 7th picture down from the top at http://www.flysquirrel.net/cabin/cabin2.html and you'll see it's straightforward and really works well. And a little side-bar comment given today's political scene. The "Construction Trainer" that I'm building is officially called the M-19 "Flying Squirrel". It turns out that John Kerry calls his Grumman Gulfstream V "the Flying Squirrel". Not that this puts me in good company or anything ;o) Oscar Zuniga San Antonio, TX
