WWA Info Exchange

Did not want to hijack Dennis's thread but I have a question along the resaw line.
When resawing several thin- 5/16 inch thick- out of 2inch thick lumber
do you
1. Joint the face of the board before each slice?
or
2. Joint the face only one time and resaw several pieces ?

and
Which technique is the preferred one?
Odd thoughts while resawing today.

Duan

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Duan Packard
Kerrville, Texas

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Some years ago I had the opportunity to be working on a project that employed some highly talented and gifted boat builders, cabinet makers and general woodworkers. Some aspects of the project involved resawing. This is the technique that was used by them - jointing the sawn face after each pass through the saw.

I've tried it both ways and often thought I got better results this way but now that I've discovered I need to address the fence squarness issue, my opinion doesn't count for all that much I'm afraid.

I think the advantage of jointing after each pass provides one flat smooth reference surface making it easier to bring all of them to a uniform thickness later. However, if you're book matching the slices, you'll obviously come up with sawn surfaces alternating with jointed surfaces. Whether this makes a difference as like in finishing or not ...?




As would be obvious in using an out of perpendicular fence as in my case, the cross section of the ripped/resawn pieces would become increasingly trapazoidal shaped unless the piece were passed through the saw alternating top to bottom edges.

I'm eager to hear the opinions and advice of the rest of the crowd.

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Cheers - Dennis

When possible I joint and plane both faces of the stock before re-sawing and run the board through the planer again between cuts to correct for any out of vertical cuts of the kind Dennis is experiencing and so each successive slice has one finished face. I also joint the edge of the board that will be down against the bandsaw table square to the faces so the cutting pressure of the saw doesn't try to push an out of square edge flat to the table, tilting the board.

Take care
Bob

all good advice...either plane off the sawed face(cutting one face at a time) or cut two slices then joint and plane...thinner jointing and/or planing the better.

Thanks a bunch.

Duan

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Duan Packard
Kerrville, Texas

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