You might hate this reply; as I might in some situations. But here goes... does the local mill have anything that would do it and would they give a board a pass for you?
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Dale Leavens wrote: > Well Lenny, > > I have done a little looking about. Horizontal resaws do exist but apparently > mainly for heavy industry in 20 horse power models and frequently multi > headed versions. So far I can't find anything in what I would consider the > domestic workshop or hobby range there may be a Grizzly model or two I > haven't chased out yet. The trick seems to be very high tension and blades to > three inches wide. > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lenny McHugh > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. > > > Dale, > Several years ago on the Yankee Workshop Norm was re-sawing some stock. He > used a resaw that the blade was horizontal and about 3 inches wide. He > briefly alluded to the problem that you mentioned. > Also on Woodworks David Marks used a similar resaw to cut 1/8 inch slices to > glue on a plywood substraight making his own veneer. > In both shows they followed up with a drum sander. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:17 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. > > I think that the problem is that the band saw blade tends to deflect to one > side or the other as you cut. It can apparently deflect far enough to come > out the side. I would have thought you could just slice through by keeping > the plank flat to a high rip fence and the blade would run true and straight > but according to my reading this is inadequate. It is necessary to deflect > the rip fence a few degrees off true straight so that the rear is further > away from the direct line of cut than the front and in fact there are a > variety of band saw rip fences actually built with a bow in them to allow > for that deflection. > > Now I find that very interesting. It is the one unique and significant > function those machines can perform I would have thought they would figure a > way to get it right. There are several ways of cutting curves and shapes. I > would have thought someone would have got resawing right. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Rusk > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 4:21 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. > > Is there a way that you could attach some guide board to the front side of > the board you are wanting to cut? That way you could guide it through and > then remove the guide board when you are finished. I am thinking of perhaps > a simmilar size board attached to the one you are cutting or perhaps a > couple 1x2 boards fastened to the end so you could guide the board without > getting your fingers in the cutting area. I guess it depends on how long the > board is that you want to resaw. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 5:27 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. > > I've done that sort of thing with my table saw countless times too. I want > to make two half in by 10 inch boards out of a rough sawn 1 by 10. The > articles I read tell me to scribe a line then with a fence either deflected > or a proper resawing fence which it appears is slightly crowned in line with > the leading edge of the band saw I slowly guide the board on edge through > the saw keeping it perpendicular using the fence but keeping the blade from > wandering by steering the board following the line. I am not inclined to use > my fingers to assist with this guidance. I am wondering though if there is a > reasonable alternative or maybe another way which the optically enabled are > less aware of since they have no need for it. I have a sense that there may > be, there is a pretty big business in power feeders out there and it seems > to me this may be one automated and useful application for them. As far as I > know, power feeders don't watch a cut line particularly well either. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cy Selfridge > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:13 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. > > I presume that, for example, you want to cut a 2x6 into two 1x6 boards? > If that is the question, then no, I have not tried this with a band saw. I > have, however, cut down a 1x5 board into two 1/2x5 boards using my table > saw. It just took two passes to do it. > Cy, the ancient oKie... > > _____ > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:14 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Resawing planks. > > Just wondering if any of you on the list with band saws has successfully > resawn planks? > > I don't have a band saw and probably won't get one unless I can resaw > fairly > wide planks to make twice as many thinner wide planks. Big saws though > cost > a lot of money. 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