JP

"Jay Pique"

07/08/2006 6:07 PM

Horizontal Resaw Bandsaw

I'm starting to look into some type of resaw bandsaw. The primary use
would be to cut reclaimed timber into cabinet wood - I'm not looking to
make veneer. I've seen the Grizzly G0504 (at $14k), and that would
pretty much do the job. One thing I'm not so keen on is the idea of
jointing one face flat prior to resawing, which it seems you'd have to
do. This is also one of the reasons I'm leaning away from a vertical
bandsaw w/power feeder. The machine that is most appealing right now
is a portable sawmill, even though it's unlikely to be leaving the shop
much. These are built to handle much bigger stock than a 16" timber,
which is about as big as it'd be likely to see, and you can leave it
rough on all faces while you cut.

Ideally this machine would cost somewhat <ahem> less than fourteen
thousand.

JP
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Oh yeah - any suggestions? Comments? Criticisms?


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mr

"marc rosen"

in reply to "Jay Pique" on 07/08/2006 6:07 PM

07/08/2006 6:28 PM

Hey Jay,
Your comment about jointing a face flat makes me wonder; Why not build
a small carriage to move the log through the throat of your saw? I'm
toying around with my own right now using a set of rollers and wooden
sled. As soon as I install a riser kit for my band saw it will be
functional (I hope) and if I can make more than one successful cut I'll
deem it a success.
Marc

Jay Pique wrote:
> I'm starting to look into some type of resaw bandsaw. The primary use
> would be to cut reclaimed timber into cabinet wood - I'm not looking to
> make veneer. I've seen the Grizzly G0504 (at $14k), and that would
> pretty much do the job. One thing I'm not so keen on is the idea of
> jointing one face flat prior to resawing, which it seems you'd have to
> do.

JP

"Jay Pique"

in reply to "Jay Pique" on 07/08/2006 6:07 PM

08/08/2006 6:44 PM


Leon wrote:
> Here is what you need,
>
> http://www.lagunatools.com/logmaster.htm

That's definitely one to think about. And at $2k the price is pretty
good. For that I could pick up a big old Tannewitz and leave it set
up.

Thanks for the link.
JP

> "Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'm starting to look into some type of resaw bandsaw. The primary use
> > would be to cut reclaimed timber into cabinet wood - I'm not looking to
> > make veneer. I've seen the Grizzly G0504 (at $14k), and that would
> > pretty much do the job. One thing I'm not so keen on is the idea of
> > jointing one face flat prior to resawing, which it seems you'd have to
> > do. This is also one of the reasons I'm leaning away from a vertical
> > bandsaw w/power feeder. The machine that is most appealing right now
> > is a portable sawmill, even though it's unlikely to be leaving the shop
> > much. These are built to handle much bigger stock than a 16" timber,
> > which is about as big as it'd be likely to see, and you can leave it
> > rough on all faces while you cut.
> >
> > Ideally this machine would cost somewhat <ahem> less than fourteen
> > thousand.
> >
> > JP
> > ******************************************************************
> > Oh yeah - any suggestions? Comments? Criticisms?
> >

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to "Jay Pique" on 07/08/2006 6:07 PM

08/08/2006 2:31 AM

Here is what you need,

http://www.lagunatools.com/logmaster.htm


"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm starting to look into some type of resaw bandsaw. The primary use
> would be to cut reclaimed timber into cabinet wood - I'm not looking to
> make veneer. I've seen the Grizzly G0504 (at $14k), and that would
> pretty much do the job. One thing I'm not so keen on is the idea of
> jointing one face flat prior to resawing, which it seems you'd have to
> do. This is also one of the reasons I'm leaning away from a vertical
> bandsaw w/power feeder. The machine that is most appealing right now
> is a portable sawmill, even though it's unlikely to be leaving the shop
> much. These are built to handle much bigger stock than a 16" timber,
> which is about as big as it'd be likely to see, and you can leave it
> rough on all faces while you cut.
>
> Ideally this machine would cost somewhat <ahem> less than fourteen
> thousand.
>
> JP
> ******************************************************************
> Oh yeah - any suggestions? Comments? Criticisms?
>


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