Resawing A Wide Board

[Ed Sallee]

I had a rather wide, 13", piece of 5/4 Spanish Cedar and I needed some 8-1/2" panels and I didn't really want to glue up smaller boards when I had this wide one. My band saw does not have that kind of resaw capacity and my table saw will only go about 3".

So, I went all the way round the board, first with 1/2" and raising the blade 1/2" with each pass. I did this until I reached capacity of the table saw.

Then I took my trusty handsaw (the table saw kerf made a nice guide) and cut through the balance - yielding two very nice, "rough cut" 1/2" pieces. Then it was off to the planer to get my 1/4" x 8-1/4" x 10-1/4" piece.

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[David Christopher]

Good job ED, just one more way to skin that cat

[Vince Shriver]

Very simple, very effective. That one will stick in my head until I get a bandsaw. Thanks for posting.

[Paul Demetropoulos]

Ed,

I thought we were gonna see your thumb on the table in the second picture.

[Ed Sallee]

Ed,

I thought we were gonna see your thumb on the table in the second picture.

Nope, I was able to coordinate the re-placement of my thumb to the time that the blade would have gotten there.... :D

[Keith Christopher]

I bet your shop smelled nice after all the spanish cedar cutting. Wow that is an OLD workmate ! and I thought mine was old.

[Richard M. Wolfe]

Nice job. Short of finding a larger bandsaw or a dedicated resaw that's the only way it could be done.

[Archie England]

Great work around! An old, quality 26" crosscut (even a panel saw of 20-22") would do that kind of cut quite well, too. Plus, it would allow for even longer cuts. Of course, rehabing these old saws can be quite a slippery slope. So get one good crosscut and one good rip and stop there.

[Wilbur Pan]

Actually, wouldn't a rip saw be more appropriate than a crosscut saw for a resawing operation? You're sawing with the grain.

[Joe Cunningham]

I've done same numerous times, but used a 28" disston, filed rip 8tpi. It is always a challenge to hold onto it--I tend to use a bench hook with some clamps to add a little stability to the bottom. Probably a V-shaped insert would help as well, though I haven't tried

Now that I have my bandsaw working, I don't think I'll have to do that for a while, unless I get some really wide boards.

[John Schreiber]

I did that myself about two weeks ago. It was a narrower but longer board. The only problem I had was not paying attention near the end. My Japanese hand saw started cutting into the side of the wood.

[lowell holmes]

I've done it with my 10tpi rip Craftsman (circa. 1946) panel saw.

[Wilbur Pan]

I did that myself about two weeks ago. It was a narrower but longer board. The only problem I had was not paying attention near the end. My Japanese hand saw started cutting into the side of the wood.

Hi John,

If you ever find yourself in that situation again, you can make a a thin wedge from scrap and put it in the kerf.

[Rob Diz]

Thanks for sharing. I was wondering how I could resaw boards wider than my 12 inch resaw capacity of my BS.

A new handsaw, of course!

Poetry.

[Ryan Baker]

Yup, i've been there too. It does get the job done.

[Dewey Torres]

Do I sense a humidor in the works?;)

[Ed Sallee]

Whatever gave you that idea, Dewey? :cool:

[Dewey Torres]

Whatever gave you that idea, Dewey? :cool:


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