Steve H Graham
11-29-2010, 7:49 PM
Today I used the band saw to cut a 7" wide walnut board into six 7" by 16.5" pieces, which I plan to turn into a guitar body. There will be a 3/4" section in the middle and two thinner sections for the top and bottom. Each section will be made from two pieces of bookmatched wood, joined side by side.
Question: is it possible to do the jointing on the edges of the wood with a table saw? I have a planer and jointing sled, but I don't look forward to standing these thin slabs on end and trying to joint them. I guess I could clamp them together so they form a block, and then I could joint the edges of the block.
Also: is it okay to resaw 7" wide walnut boards with a 1/4" blade? My saw didn't stall or anything, and the cuts are good, but I don't want any problems. I have a bigger resawing blade, but I would like to avoid blade changes.
Finally: Is there an intelligent way to join these pieces? Should I create the three two-board layers separately and then put them together, or just cram all six pieces together at once and clamp them up?
Question: is it possible to do the jointing on the edges of the wood with a table saw? I have a planer and jointing sled, but I don't look forward to standing these thin slabs on end and trying to joint them. I guess I could clamp them together so they form a block, and then I could joint the edges of the block.
Also: is it okay to resaw 7" wide walnut boards with a 1/4" blade? My saw didn't stall or anything, and the cuts are good, but I don't want any problems. I have a bigger resawing blade, but I would like to avoid blade changes.
Finally: Is there an intelligent way to join these pieces? Should I create the three two-board layers separately and then put them together, or just cram all six pieces together at once and clamp them up?