...made my very first attempt at resawing this morning before work. Stock
was 4/4 walnut - only 3 1/2" high and 17" in length. Slices were about
1/4". Checked thickness at start and end of cut w/ calipers and it was PDDO
(pretty darned dead-on).
Took the wreck advice - it was a Suffolk Saw blade (1/2") on a Jet 14"
bandsaw. Fence was a 2x2" block of poplar - clamped 90 degrees to the table
(blade). Took the time to set up the guides first. And just perhaps a
little heavy on the tension.
Maybe the stock was too small (3.5x17") or the slices too thick to notice
any drift issues. Perhaps they'll show up later.
But dog-gone - that was FUN!!!
Made me want to start resawing everything in sight.
Even started eyeing the rafters.
Question is - if I start liking the bandsaw more than the table saw, will I
have to move to Europe, start paying with Euro's and adopt a "funny accent"?
I guess now your 'agonna start complaining about their hand tools and
chisels and funny looking money also, huh? The answer is "Yes", and
may I offer my garage as FREE STORAGE for your saw and your other
woodworking tools while you are gone? I know, I know. I'm a swell
guy!!
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:31:29 GMT, "mttt" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>...made my very first attempt at resawing this morning before work. Stock
>was 4/4 walnut - only 3 1/2" high and 17" in length. Slices were about
>1/4". Checked thickness at start and end of cut w/ calipers and it was PDDO
>(pretty darned dead-on).
>
>Took the wreck advice - it was a Suffolk Saw blade (1/2") on a Jet 14"
>bandsaw. Fence was a 2x2" block of poplar - clamped 90 degrees to the table
>(blade). Took the time to set up the guides first. And just perhaps a
>little heavy on the tension.
>
>Maybe the stock was too small (3.5x17") or the slices too thick to notice
>any drift issues. Perhaps they'll show up later.
>
>But dog-gone - that was FUN!!!
>Made me want to start resawing everything in sight.
>Even started eyeing the rafters.
>
>Question is - if I start liking the bandsaw more than the table saw, will I
>have to move to Europe, start paying with Euro's and adopt a "funny accent"?
>
Golly, 4 or 5 anyway. Maybe more! Sounds like we're TWO swell guys!!!
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:31:37 GMT, "mttt" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Lawrence A. Ramsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> may I offer my garage as FREE STORAGE for your saw and your other
>> woodworking tools while you are gone? I know, I know. I'm a swell
>> guy!!
>
>Yassir, yassir! That I do indeed know!
>My table saw is already crated and on its way.
>
>Sorry, I would'a called first, but you see my tongue is really swollen right
>now.
>Wann'a know how many 37 cent stamps it takes to mail a 300 pound table saw?
>
No way I could do without my table saw, but use a band saw to do a lot of
things that are just too much of a PITA, or just a bit too dicey, to do on
the table saw.
Recently had a another pile of rough curved walnut cutoffs, too good to
waste, given to me that needed jointing and planing to obtain some usable
stock out of. The initial cut that needed to be made on each piece was just
shy of being as high as I could raise the table saw blade.
The bandsaw, with a 1/2" resaw blade, made short work of it, and a lot more
safely.
I've cut a couple of loads of this same stuff the past few months and, at
the prices they charge around here, could buy another bandsaw and jointer
with the money saved on the walnut alone.
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"mttt" wrote in message
> Question is - if I start liking the bandsaw more than the table saw, will
I
> have to move to Europe, start paying with Euro's and adopt a "funny
accent"?
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:31:29 GMT, "mttt" <[email protected]> emerged from the woodpile and
uttered:
>Question is - if I start liking the bandsaw more than the table saw, will I
>have to move to Europe, start paying with Euro's and adopt a "funny accent"?
Come to England - we still have real money and some of the funniest accents available.
Cheers,
Rob.
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"Lawrence A. Ramsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> may I offer my garage as FREE STORAGE for your saw and your other
> woodworking tools while you are gone? I know, I know. I'm a swell
> guy!!
Yassir, yassir! That I do indeed know!
My table saw is already crated and on its way.
Sorry, I would'a called first, but you see my tongue is really swollen right
now.
Wann'a know how many 37 cent stamps it takes to mail a 300 pound table saw?
"Rob Bowman" <[email protected]> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Come to England - we still have real money and some of the funniest
accents available.
>
Yeah - but you bailed on Yards and Inches; kept the Stone and Sterling.
How do I know that when I show up - you won't pop one of those "Kick Me, I'm
American" T-Shirts on me and stuff me on the 3:14 to Caersws???
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:31:16 GMT, "mttt" <[email protected]> emerged from the woodpile and
uttered:
>How do I know that when I show up - you won't pop one of those "Kick Me, I'm
>American" T-Shirts on me and stuff me on the 3:14 to Caersws???
>
We almost certainly would - it's one of our favourite sports. Talking of which, don't forget to
watch England win the Rugby World Cup (1/4 finals start this weekend). Congratulations to the USA
team who have come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years. At this rate, they'll be serious
contenders in the not too distant future.
Cheers,
Rob.
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