Resawing Tips

You're close, but not quite there. You need to joint one face and then
plane the other side on the thickness planer so it is flat and parallel to
the first face. You do this first so that when you resaw the board you'll
have a flat face to run down in the thickness planer after resawing. I find
it much easier to face joint thicker boards than trying to do it after
resawing, although that is also an option which probably can work just fine.
As you said, you need one square and flat edge to run on the bandsaw table,
but I usually wait to rip it to width on the table saw after I'm done
resawing and thicknessing it.

Mike

"Kevin Daly" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi All,
> I'm new to resawing lumber. Having come into about 20 bf of rough white
oak, I
> need to get down to useable thicknesses. I finally have the tools to do
it
> (bandsaw, jointer, thickness planer) and I was wondering the right steps
to it.
> I'm guessing joint 1 side and 1 face, use the jointed side against the ts
> fence and rip the other side, the planed face against the fence on the
bandsaw
> and finally run it through the thickness planer for my desired thickness.
Is
> this the correct order or am I missing something?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kevin Daly
> http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html

I don't get this. He said he planned to pplane a face on the jointer before
resawing. Are you saying to plane both faces on the jointer before
resawing? I can see this would make sense if the offcut were also thick
enough to use. Then the second flat face would be the base for planing the
second board in the thickness planer. If so, then it's sure better to do
all the jointing at once
Wilson
"Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You're close, but not quite there. You need to joint one face and then
> plane the other side on the thickness planer so it is flat and parallel to
> the first face. You do this first so that when you resaw the board you'll
> have a flat face to run down in the thickness planer after resawing. I
find
> it much easier to face joint thicker boards than trying to do it after
> resawing, although that is also an option which probably can work just
fine.
> As you said, you need one square and flat edge to run on the bandsaw
table,
> but I usually wait to rip it to width on the table saw after I'm done
> resawing and thicknessing it.
>
> Mike
>
> "Kevin Daly" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi All,
> > I'm new to resawing lumber. Having come into about 20 bf of rough white
> oak, I
> > need to get down to useable thicknesses. I finally have the tools to do
> it
> > (bandsaw, jointer, thickness planer) and I was wondering the right steps
> to it.
> > I'm guessing joint 1 side and 1 face, use the jointed side against the
ts
> > fence and rip the other side, the planed face against the fence on the
> bandsaw
> > and finally run it through the thickness planer for my desired
thickness.
> Is
> > this the correct order or am I missing something?
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kevin Daly
> > http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html
>
>

That's exactly what I meant, Wilson. When I resaw, I usually start with a
board thick enough to get two usable pieces, otherwise what's the point? I
guess it can save your planer knives some wear and tear by cutting off the
excess before thicknessing, but if I have 3/4" material and need 1/2", I'm
not going to bother resawing. If I have 1" and need 3/8", however, I'll
definitely resaw - to get two pieces thick enough to use. It is this
situation that I was referring to, where it is my practice to joint both
faces and before resawing so I have a flat reference face for each piece for
the thickness planer.

Now, if I'm starting with a really thick piece - say 10/4 or something, and
want 3/4" or so material. That's the situation where I'd do what Barry
suggested and only joint one face and then do multiple "resawings" to get as
many usable pieces as possible. In this case I wouldn't usually bother
jointing the offcuts to get a flat face until after the resawing was done.
I do, however, cut very fat - probably at least 7/8" and more likely 1" - to
be sure I can take out any cup that might develop after resawing.

There's probably a ton of different ways to approach this, as in most
things.

Mike

"Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I don't get this. He said he planned to pplane a face on the jointer
before
> resawing. Are you saying to plane both faces on the jointer before
> resawing? I can see this would make sense if the offcut were also thick
> enough to use. Then the second flat face would be the base for planing
the
> second board in the thickness planer. If so, then it's sure better to do
> all the jointing at once
> Wilson
> "Mike in Mystic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > You're close, but not quite there. You need to joint one face and then
> > plane the other side on the thickness planer so it is flat and parallel
to
> > the first face. You do this first so that when you resaw the board
you'll
> > have a flat face to run down in the thickness planer after resawing. I
> find
> > it much easier to face joint thicker boards than trying to do it after
> > resawing, although that is also an option which probably can work just
> fine.
> > As you said, you need one square and flat edge to run on the bandsaw
> table,
> > but I usually wait to rip it to width on the table saw after I'm done
> > resawing and thicknessing it.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > "Kevin Daly" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Hi All,
> > > I'm new to resawing lumber. Having come into about 20 bf of rough
white
> > oak, I
> > > need to get down to useable thicknesses. I finally have the tools to
do
> > it
> > > (bandsaw, jointer, thickness planer) and I was wondering the right
steps
> > to it.
> > > I'm guessing joint 1 side and 1 face, use the jointed side against
the
> ts
> > > fence and rip the other side, the planed face against the fence on the
> > bandsaw
> > > and finally run it through the thickness planer for my desired
> thickness.
> > Is
> > > this the correct order or am I missing something?
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Kevin Daly
> > > http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html
> >
> >
>
>

On 10 Aug 2004 10:56:09 GMT, [email protected] (Kevin Daly)
wrote:

>Hi All,
>I'm new to resawing lumber. Having come into about 20 bf of rough white oak, I
>need to get down to useable thicknesses. I finally have the tools to do it
>(bandsaw, jointer, thickness planer) and I was wondering the right steps to it.

Here are my steps:

Joint face one.
Joint edge one.
Resaw on band saw, place cutoff aside.
Resaw on band saw, place cutoff aside.
-- repeat as necessary --

Now, let them acclimate a day or so.

I then treat the boards as I would any other rough lumber:

Joint face one on all boards.
Run all boards through thicknesser, jointed face down.
Select one edge and joint that 90 degrees to a face. Mark this
corner.
I don't rip to width until I use the boards

Note:
I do both faces and then an edge, as this allows me to choose the
straighter edge and/or better figure and still have the grain oriented
properly over the jointer cuttterhead. Some folks prefer face 1 ->
edge - 1> thickness.

Barry