Wow, first resaw of a 2x10 pine board for practice is darn near close
enough to sand out the finish. I'm impressed

"Knothead" wrote in message
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Wow, first resaw of a 2x10 pine board for practice is darn near close
enough to sand out the finish. I'm impressed

If darn near close, what will you use before sanding?

Single finish pass in the planer to size it. I could run it through the
Woodmaster with the sanding drum installed but it's set up to mold already
so to the planer it goes.... I have the original Jet 18" bandsaw before they
figured out that the column needed extensive beefing up. Been running
Timberwolf blades since I bought it thinking the low tension was the
solution. With this blade I think I might actually not turn this saw into a
mailbox post..

"Knothead" wrote in message
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Single finish pass in the planer to size it. I could run it through the
Woodmaster with the sanding drum installed but it's set up to mold already
so to the planer it goes.... I have the original Jet 18" bandsaw before
they figured out that the column needed extensive beefing up. Been running
Timberwolf blades since I bought it thinking the low tension was the
solution. With this blade I think I might actually not turn this saw into
a mailbox post..



Do you run your veneer through the planer on a sled or modified table? I
want to get into veneering and cutting my own. I am currently shopping the
bigger European model band saws.

Knothead wrote:
Wow, first resaw of a 2x10 pine board for practice is darn near close
enough to sand out the finish. I'm impressed

Thanks for the info...

How do you compare it to the Timberwolf blade (I see you've used both)?

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I've used both and the WS puts the TW to shame.

-Steve
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Knothead wrote:
Wow, first resaw of a 2x10 pine board for practice is darn near close
enough to sand out the finish. I'm impressed

Thanks for the info...

How do you compare it to the Timberwolf blade (I see you've used both)?

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Living in Canada, I thought getting the Wood slicer from Highland,
would be to much $$ for the smoother cut. When the Loonie hit about
$0.85, I took the leap, and was rewarded with a smooth cut , it
blew my mind. So much for the TW. Still I wish there was a Canadian
source.

My woodslicer is also much smoother than the timberwolf. BUT the TW is
about 2x as fast on my bandsaw. If one is cutting veneer, or real
close to final thickness the woodslicer is the way to go. For my
workbench out of dunage, the TW was much quicker.

Now, I left the Woodslicer under tension, which I also do to the TW,
and it broke a ways from the weld. A local sharpening shop re-welded
it, but I have not yet reinstalled into my bandsaw.

Alan

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My woodslicer is also much smoother than the timberwolf. BUT the TW is
about 2x as fast on my bandsaw. If one is cutting veneer, or real
close to final thickness the woodslicer is the way to go. For my
workbench out of dunage, the TW was much quicker.

Now, I left the Woodslicer under tension, which I also do to the TW,
and it broke a ways from the weld. A local sharpening shop re-welded
it, but I have not yet reinstalled into my bandsaw.

Alan


Do you have any experience with the Laguna Resaw King?

I,ve used the woodslicer for re-sawing, it works really good for me. Smooth
cuts n the saw isn,t working hard.
I use 1/4" Timber Wolf for my general bandsaw cutting, fast n works
good, better than the 3/8" Sears blade i had been using. I have 14"
Powermatic bandsaw, n keep the tension off when not in use.
Only bad thing now is, my dog "snowball" passed on; he was 14-1/2
yrs....American Eskimo, minature(17#)
he used to carry my scraps around n play in the shop....good dog....will
miss him...

George...
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"arw01" wrote in message
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My woodslicer is also much smoother than the timberwolf. BUT the TW is
about 2x as fast on my bandsaw. If one is cutting veneer, or real
close to final thickness the woodslicer is the way to go. For my
workbench out of dunage, the TW was much quicker.

Now, I left the Woodslicer under tension, which I also do to the TW,
and it broke a ways from the weld. A local sharpening shop re-welded
it, but I have not yet reinstalled into my bandsaw.

Alan


Do you have any experience with the Laguna Resaw King?

Do you run your veneer through the planer on a sled or modified table? I
want to get into veneering and cutting my own. I am currently shopping
the bigger European model band saws.


Sorry for the delay. (I now have a spanking new dsl gateway) At this point
on a sled but I'm not getting the best results. I was thinking about
building an adjustable table and have been filtering through other folks
plans on the 'net to see what will works well.

The Timberwolves last a long time but the alternating tooth pattern on the
Woodslicer wins hands down on several points.
1. Super quiet
2. Hardly any chateer or resulting marks
3. Thinner and seems to run cooler.
4. Higher tension seems to be better suited for the saw I have. Jets first
relaease of this 18' was still in the "beta" stages apparently when I bought
it.

Sorry to hear about loosing the shop help. I keep two for that reason. The
loss isn't so great.

No experience with that blade, they likely don't make em short enough
for my uit. It will take a 2" wide blade, but getting someone to make
a 72 7/16" blade is a bit trickier.

http://alan.firebin.net/bs50n.html

They will make them any size you want... you wil have to wait a while
though.


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No experience with that blade, they likely don't make em short enough
for my uit. It will take a 2" wide blade, but getting someone to make
a 72 7/16" blade is a bit trickier.

http://alan.firebin.net/bs50n.html

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"Knothead" wrote in message
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Sorry to hear about loosing the shop help. I keep two for that reason.
The loss isn't so great.

Not so great but then there are two of you crying over the loss.

Knothead wrote:
The Timberwolves last a long time but the alternating tooth pattern on the
Woodslicer wins hands down on several points.
1. Super quiet
2. Hardly any chateer or resulting marks
3. Thinner and seems to run cooler.
4. Higher tension seems to be better suited for the saw I have. Jets first
relaease of this 18' was still in the "beta" stages apparently when I bought
it.

Thanks. Is that the regular blade or the "resaw" blade?

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C&S wrote:
They will make them any size you want... you wil have to wait a while
though.



They wider blades also get thicker, and thicker is not good on the
smaller wheels of the Ryobi bs50n. When I researched buying this
bandsaw used, it was noted they tended to break the wider blades. This
being caused by metal fatigue as a result of the tight radius.

I might email laguna to see.

My current problem is the table is not close to flat, or even
perpendicular to the blade path.

"arw01" wrote in message
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C&S wrote:
They will make them any size you want... you wil have to wait a while
though.



They wider blades also get thicker, and thicker is not good on the
smaller wheels of the Ryobi bs50n. When I researched buying this
bandsaw used, it was noted they tended to break the wider blades. This
being caused by metal fatigue as a result of the tight radius.

I might email laguna to see.

My current problem is the table is not close to flat, or even
perpendicular to the blade path.

Sorry, I was referring to the woodslicer. Which BTW only comes in 1/2" and
5/8"

I thought the Laguna's resaw king was a 1" blade. Yes, Laguna recomends that
the RK only be used on machines with 18" or greater diameter wheels.

-Steve

"C&S" wrote in message
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Sorry, I was referring to the woodslicer. Which BTW only comes in 1/2" and
5/8"

I thought the Laguna's resaw king was a 1" blade. Yes, Laguna recomends
that
the RK only be used on machines with 18" or greater diameter wheels.

-Steve


Steve, where do you read or see that Laguna recommends the RK/ResawKing only
on machines with 18" or greater diameter wheels? I don't doubt you as that
is recommended by many blade makers. The reason I ask is I am considering a
16" Laguna and Laguna often has sales on 14" and 16" band saws packages with
ResawKings packaged with the deal. I want to be fully loaded with questions
when I talk to them about the saw.

Thanks.

Steve, where do you read or see that Laguna recommends the RK/ResawKing
only
on machines with 18" or greater diameter wheels? I don't doubt you as
that
is recommended by many blade makers. The reason I ask is I am considering
a
16" Laguna and Laguna often has sales on 14" and 16" band saws packages
with
ResawKings packaged with the deal. I want to be fully loaded with
questions
when I talk to them about the saw.

They may have changed their rhetoric, but that's what I recall from about 2
years ago when I was researching bandsaw purchases. Perhaps my memory does
not serve me correctly.

-Steve

"C&S" wrote in message
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They may have changed their rhetoric, but that's what I recall from about
2
years ago when I was researching bandsaw purchases. Perhaps my memory
does
not serve me correctly.



I talked to the MiniMax people today and asked them about the wider blades
and smaller diameter wheel band saws. They indicated that the latest blades
today are typically thinner and can be used on the smaller saws.