Bandsaw Sliders

[John Sincerbeaux]

I came across a pretty interesting jig yesterday on YouTube involving a sliding fence for resawing. The name of the jig which is available for most bandsaws is called “Accu-Slice”. Has anyone ever tried this or purchased one?
The jig seems nicely machined and well thought out. The demos available on YouTube look pretty compelling for perhaps the best way to accurately and safely resaw on a bandsaw. After all, I am a huge believer in sliders for tablesaws and shapers, why are not sliders used for ripping on a bandsaw?
I have an Agazzani 20” with a 1” carbide blade that only is used for re-sawing. But, I have never achieved as clean a veneer-like resaw using traditional “manual” resawing methods.
I did little research and found that sliding bandsaws seem to be the norm in the meat cutting world.

Just curious what the Bandsaw gurus here think? Van? Jack F.?

[Van Huskey]

When I looked at them a while back they ran about a grand all in correct? For not much more you can get a new Comatic AF10 feeder. For less you can use a standard feeder. A couple of vids using a standard feeder and even a baby feeder.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyIfa4PMJns



In this thread Erik posts pictures of Sam Blasco's feeder setup

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?229250-bandsaw-power-feeder

Given the price I wouldn't even consider the Accu-slice when a feeder is a cheaper option. With the Accuslice you still won't be able to match the smooth feedrate so you will still have hesitation marks on the veneer.

[Van Huskey]

Forgot the one vid per post rule


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLUBKajSzo&t=496s

[Mike Cutler]

I like the concept but I don't think that I personally would benefit from one.
I might have missed it, but I didn't see how it would handle long boards??
I do have two pieces of highly figured quilted maple that were about the size of the piece in the video. I would just make a sled for those though.

[jack forsberg]

here is my feeder


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDASh_QZ_ig

[Peter Kelly]

https://youtu.be/6YPcCR59jk8

https://www.acmitaly.it/summa-740-3-p31

[John K Jordan]

A friend of mine bought one after trying it a woodturning symposium. I haven't used it but he says it is well worth the (significant) cost if cutting a significant amount of thin wood.

JKJ

[John Sincerbeaux]

Seems the more expensive Comatic resaw feeders are paired with a roller style fence? Are roller fences superior for resawing?

[Van Huskey]

Seems the more expensive Comatic resaw feeders are paired with a roller style fence? Are roller fences superior for resawing?

In a word, yes. When you move up from the small to the medium and large BS feeders you will get a roller fence. The caveat here is twofold and the second is more important than the first. A 20" BS table is JUST big enough to effectively use a medium feeder on. In a perfect world they belong on a 24" or larger machine. The real issue is despite being a great BS (and Jesse had the best CS of any Italian BS distributor) Agazzani's weak spot is the build quality of the table casting and trunnion assembly. More than adequate for normal bandsaw use but not the table/trunnion I want to dill for a fence and a heavy feeder, especially with the feeder cantilevered to the outboard side of the trunnions. The medium and large feeders often come with metal toothed wheels which are not as good as rubber for veneer. The coolest feeder I have seen was the one Laguna sold that looked like a gear motor mounted on a 6x48 belt sander. I played with one at IWF I think in 2012 but couldn't justify the cost and they discontinued them, though someone imported them at one point but I forgot who.

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