1407 days ago
by PurpLev |
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This project is a fine example of the 80/20 concept. it takes 20% of the project time to complete 80% of it, and then, 80% of the project time to finish the last 20% of the project.
As it gets to the details, things take longer to think through, plan out, cut…mill…glue… and finesse. this time it’s the leg vise Chop, and although not completely finished (still need to trim, round off, and apply BLO), it’s construction is done.
I was originally planning to us...
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1464 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
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I routed in grooves on the fence of my new resawing jig for screwing logs to it, and with that, it was ready for action:
Here’s a video – shot on yesterday’s lunch break, edited together last night, with the jig I made on Sunday – of my very first resawing work. The Timberwolf blade works very well, with no resistance and a clean cut. The Craftsman 18” wood/metal bandsaw is a slightly different story. It’s wobbly, which is just a ‘feature&#...
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1465 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
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I got 2 1” Timberwolf blades from Suffolk Machinery Corp. – 2TPI and 3TI – several months ago, and have been dying to try them out ever since. In that time I had several more projects, mom’s 10-day long yearly visit, my best friends’ wedding, a project I built for that (that I should post one of these days), and so much else. I didn’t want to use them until I had a resawing jig ready to go, so realizing that time was now, I jumped on it yesterday, later in ...
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561 days ago
by RGtools |
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I don’t recommend that you do a larger resaw for the top of your table. While doing this gives you the option to book-match figure, that invites two problems. One, the grain direction on a book matched table top reverses across the joint making the smoothing operation a more more careful process. Two, resawn stock always moves…no matter how dry it is, it is always more moist on the inside of a board than on the outside. As it equalizes it moves. This requires you to either re-...
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1303 days ago
by Brian Havens |
17 comments »
Now that I have my web site in order, I have had time to resume working on videos. Here is the link and the writeup:Band Saw Blade DriftAll too often band saw blade drift is a phenomenon that vexes woodworkers who are new to resawing on the band saw, more...
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1027 days ago
by newTim |
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Last blog was too long on words. Pictures tell the whole story. Mark the wood with triangles to keep them aligned, resaw a little over the thickness you desire, run each through the planer at the same thickness and bookmatch the parts. Note: if you are using real thick wood like 8/4, you can slice four pieces and have enough material for two boxes.
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777 days ago
by HerbC |
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This project was not designed to be built from your common, standard 3/4” thick lumber. Noooooooo, Mr Frank Lloyd Wright would never have been that unoriginal. The main pieces for the shades are 1/4” thick stock and the base is made from pieces that are either 1/4” or 1/2” thick. Of course I don’t have any lumber that’s already those sizes, so I’ll have to resaw something to make the parts for these lamps.
Of course, I don’t have a bandsaw so...
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877 days ago
by Canadian Woodworks |
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Here is another video in our time lapse woodworking series, this time around I’m re-sawing a 13’’ 8/4 solid Canadian Black Walnut board about 33’’ long into 4 pieces that need to end up 3/8’’ thick. These will be the panels in a frame and panel center divider for a shelving unit we’re building for a display for a local store.
First I throw on a new blade, I’m just using a 3/8’’ blade from our local band saw blade place cal...
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637 days ago
by rance |
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This is an online collection of my own woodworking references(& links), both from LJ as well as elsewhere. Many times I want to give someone a link but I don’t seem to have it handy. I’m hoping I can refer back to this to find a particular link and pass it on when the need arises.
Feel free to use this in any way you wish. As time goes on, it will be more useful. You might even find it helpful.
PROJECTS/TECHNIQUES:
BOXES” Resawing and Grai...
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773 days ago
by HerbC |
3 comments »
Or was that popular?
The base elements of this lamp design are made from various thickness pieces of poplar, painted black.
I didn’t have any poplar so I went to Home Depot and bought a board (3/4” x5 1/2” x 8’).
I decided to resaw the poplar rather than buy the different thicknesses at the Home Depot.
Again I used my table saw and the resaw fence I built. Here’s a picture of the stock ready for planing to final thickness.
From left to right, n...
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