I agree with what has been posted here. I have used the 1" and found it
mostly useless. Now it hangs on the wall and impresses visitors. The
woodslicer is sold by Highland Hardware in 145". It does a good job. The
Lenox blades do even better, but you're starting in a case of diminishing
returns. You can buy roughly four woodslicers for 1 lenox. It is not 4
times better. Will it last four times longer? Time will tell.

BTW... you'll love the Mini Max. I've had one for 1.5 years. The only thing
better than the saw is the company that sells it. Class act.


"tmbg" wrote in message
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I have a grizzly 18", and I had a 1" wide 3TPI on it, and resawing
performance was horrid. I bought a woodslicer, and now resawing is the
most fun thing I do. It seriously just slides right through it... I can
feed three times faster, the sawn surface is smooth, it doesnt lead much.
It was totally worth the money. Yours will cost a bit more because you'll
have to order a custom length probably, but they can and will make you
one.

Trust me... get it!

btw, are you making acoustics or electrics? I want to learn a little
about making both... drop me an email if you don't mind -
ufc at asmhacker dot org

thanks

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:35:28 -0700, mad mountain wrote:

I have just ordered the minmax MM16 bandsaw and bought it for the
specific
reason of resawing wood for building guitars. I would appreciate some
experiential advise on the best blades to use for resawing. I have
looked
at the articles out there and they mention timberwolf but others say
stay
with a thin kerf blade like the wood slicer. (woodslicer not available
in
the 145 inch length unless you know of source). Some articles say stay
with
a good quality of carbon blade or the lenox bimetal.

The type of wood I will be resawing is from spruce tops to cocobolo and
murtelwood backs and sides.

thanks for the input.

madman