Need advice on how to proceed with wood project

The table saw should resaw those for you. Might want to take a few passes raising the blade each time depending on how good a blade and how much horsepower ya got.

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

If you don’t have a cabinet shop in your area, you can cut as far as you can from both sides, then finish with a hand saw and clean it up with a planer, drum sander, or hand planes. Just another option.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Thanks miles125, F.Luna and Tom(mot)

I raised my TS blade to the highest setting, measured and came up very near 3”. Based on that measurement, I should be able to or come very close to resawing 6” boards. So it looks like I can take several passes til I get to the saw blade height and then flip the board to complete the resaw process.

I will double check to be sure my blade is 90 degrees to the the table before I start this process. Any other suggestions on resaw on my TS?

If it goes poorly, I will head off to the nearest cabinet shop.

Dalec

Well those seem to be your options. If you are going to do this often, I’d recommend a bandsaw as your next big purchase.

Today I used my bandsaw with resaw blade to rip a 2 3/8” X 10” X 36” piece of cherry into four legs. I was concerned about the boards twisting and binding in the saw blade. (It didn’t happen, they cut perfectly straight)

Ripped 3 – 2” X 9” X 20” long white pine in two 4.5” boards and then resawed them into 5/8” thick boards and jointed and planed it to 1/2 ” thick boards for a ship-lap back in a bedroom side lamp stand. My bandsaw is as important as my table saw to me.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I support the guys comments about taking several passes, and finish with a hand saw if necessary. Sounds like a perfect opportunity to plead your case for a new bandsaw.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

Thanks Karson and Todd for your thoughts on my little issue. I am in the middle of finishing some trim pieces for a friend, so can’t make saw dust for a few days. Once I am done with the finishing work, I will resaw the boards.

I am just getting into woodworking. I agree it would be nice to have a band saw. It isn’t in the cards or the budget right now and then its an issue of finding room in our crowded garage. Now I am seeing the value of a band saw. I could also use a jointer. If I thought for minute, I could come up with a list of things I need. In any event, I may be coming back with a request for band saw recommendations sometime in the future.

As a side note: One of the boards I have is figured maple. Not having any experience with this what may be a dumb question. If I ripped figured maple board into 1/4” or 3/8 strips to glue into a board 1/4” or 3/8” thick, would be figured maple show on the opposite axis?

Dalec