Resawing sleds for band saws.

[Rick Potter]

Rod Sheridan recently posted pics of his BS resaw sled, which looks great. I think a thread on that subject could be helpful, and a great resource.

Please post about your sled, with pics if possible.

[Doug Garson]

Here's my sled on my old 14" Taiwanese band saw, haven't used it on my current 14" Rockwell yet. I used it to cut up some cherry logs two years ago.




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[Ted Calver]

Doug, How did you rig up the laser with that saw/jig? Looks pretty cool.

[Doug Garson]

The laser is a Bushnell laser level with a magnetic base. Can't recall the details but I recall I made a bracket attached to the saw table with an L shaped arm that had a metal plate on it. I attached the laser to the metal plate using the magnet and adjusted it to align with the blade. Can't seem to find any photos that show the details. 20191120_154207.jpg

[Mark Paavola]

Here is my setup on my old bandsaw. It worked fairly well. I could resaw up to 8' and 11" dia.

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[Rod Sheridan]

Here's my sled, it's a copy of the Hammer sled.

I've included a drawing of it..........Rod.

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[Tom M King]

I don't have any pictures, but I use a sled similar to Mark's, but the fence is on the inside of the blade, for making Cypress shingles. The sled rides in a 6' T-track. The fence on the sled sits at an angle (adjustable) to the blade. A length of Cypress 1x is held against the fence with a stick in my right hand, and is pushed with my left. One helper puts a board (say 28" long) on the sled, I push it through, and another helper takes the two shingles off. I can push the sled through the 24" Centauro, and pull it back, in just a few seconds. No hand is ever anywhere near the blade.

We go from a stack of boards on a trailer to a pickup truck bed full of neatly stacked shingles in about an hour.