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woodworking/millwork question.........Ipe wood
Crabshell wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote in rs.com: On 4/8/2008 4:31 PM Crabshell spake thus: Can anyone tell me if a professional woodworking shop can rip a piece of wood measuring 9" x 2" x 8' down to a 9" x .75" x 8'? Does this type of rip have a unique name? I think what you're describing is usually called "resawing", and is typically done on a bandsaw. However, that's quite a thin slice you're asking for there, kind of the equivalent of using a big-ass cheese slicer on a 2" board. Very difficult to get a good cut. (It would probably need to be run through a planer after resawing.) What are you using this for? I assume it's not cheap pine and that you can't (or don't want to) run down to the lumber yard and get an 8-foot 1x10. It's Ipe wood and it's for a decorative plaque. The finished plaque needs to measure 8.5"h x 17"w x 1/2"d (my original post said 3/4"). The only Ipe I have found online that accomodates those dimensions is 9"h x 2"d, which is way too thick. The finish has to be pristine being that it's decorative. I got curious because this thread has gone so long and, never having heard of "ipe wood", I did a little googling. Ipe is not just a piece of wood, apparently. It is exceedingly hard and also difficult to finish. If you do a Google search on ' ipe wood "custom milling" ' you will probably find what I found. Just for the sake of getting experienced wooddworkers, I'll post to rec.woodworking. I had some oak custom cut and routed edges once, for a bargain price. The jobber told me afterward that he burned up several router bits, and would have charged me more had he known how tough it would be. He did fine work, and stuck to the price he quoted me. |
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Norminn wrote:
Crabshell wrote: David Nebenzahl wrote in s.com: On 4/8/2008 4:31 PM Crabshell spake thus: Can anyone tell me if a professional woodworking shop can rip a piece of wood measuring 9" x 2" x 8' down to a 9" x .75" x 8'? Does this type of rip have a unique name? I think what you're describing is usually called "resawing", and is typically done on a bandsaw. However, that's quite a thin slice you're asking for there, kind of the equivalent of using a big-ass cheese slicer on a 2" board. Very difficult to get a good cut. (It would probably need to be run through a planer after resawing.) What are you using this for? I assume it's not cheap pine and that you can't (or don't want to) run down to the lumber yard and get an 8-foot 1x10. It's Ipe wood and it's for a decorative plaque. The finished plaque needs to measure 8.5"h x 17"w x 1/2"d (my original post said 3/4"). The only Ipe I have found online that accomodates those dimensions is 9"h x 2"d, which is way too thick. The finish has to be pristine being that it's decorative. I got curious because this thread has gone so long and, never having heard of "ipe wood", I did a little googling. Ipe is not just a piece of wood, apparently. It is exceedingly hard and also difficult to finish. If you do a Google search on ' ipe wood "custom milling" ' you will probably find what I found. Just for the sake of getting experienced wooddworkers, I'll post to rec.woodworking. I had some oak custom cut and routed edges once, for a bargain price. The jobber told me afterward that he burned up several router bits, and would have charged me more had he known how tough it would be. He did fine work, and stuck to the price he quoted me. I have had success resawing 1x4 IPE to 1/2" nominal using a Delta 14" band saw with a 1/2" 3 tpi Timberwolf blade. IPE is indeed hard but it is consistent throughout its width. I ran it through a jointer and a planer to achieve the proper thickness. I have also eased the edges with a router. In short, no major problems. mahalo, jo4hn |
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jo4hn wrote in
m: Norminn wrote: Crabshell wrote: David Nebenzahl wrote in s.com: On 4/8/2008 4:31 PM Crabshell spake thus: Can anyone tell me if a professional woodworking shop can rip a piece of wood measuring 9" x 2" x 8' down to a 9" x .75" x 8'? Does this type of rip have a unique name? I think what you're describing is usually called "resawing", and is typically done on a bandsaw. However, that's quite a thin slice you're asking for there, kind of the equivalent of using a big-ass cheese slicer on a 2" board. Very difficult to get a good cut. (It would probably need to be run through a planer after resawing.) What are you using this for? I assume it's not cheap pine and that you can't (or don't want to) run down to the lumber yard and get an 8-foot 1x10. It's Ipe wood and it's for a decorative plaque. The finished plaque needs to measure 8.5"h x 17"w x 1/2"d (my original post said 3/4"). The only Ipe I have found online that accomodates those dimensions is 9"h x 2"d, which is way too thick. The finish has to be pristine being that it's decorative. I got curious because this thread has gone so long and, never having heard of "ipe wood", I did a little googling. Ipe is not just a piece of wood, apparently. It is exceedingly hard and also difficult to finish. If you do a Google search on ' ipe wood "custom milling" ' you will probably find what I found. Just for the sake of getting experienced wooddworkers, I'll post to rec.woodworking. I had some oak custom cut and routed edges once, for a bargain price. The jobber told me afterward that he burned up several router bits, and would have charged me more had he known how tough it would be. He did fine work, and stuck to the price he quoted me. I have had success resawing 1x4 IPE to 1/2" nominal using a Delta 14" band saw with a 1/2" 3 tpi Timberwolf blade. IPE is indeed hard but it is consistent throughout its width. I ran it through a jointer and a planer to achieve the proper thickness. I have also eased the edges with a router. In short, no major problems. mahalo, jo4hn it would be a lot easier to resaw short pieces of the Ipe board instead of the full 8 ft. I'd cut a bit larger than the finished size of the plaque and then resaw the short piece,and leave the rest of the 8ft. board the full thickness,for other projects. you could also use a 10" tablesaw and ripcut each edge of the [short]piece and then use a handsaw to cut any remaining material joining them. They would still need planing,and the tablesaw kerf would eat up more thickness.But for a 0.5" final,you probably can spare it.You just have to have a good sharp blade,feed slowly and use the anti-kickback guard. You could even get closer to your desired 0.5" thickness,and perhaps hand- plane it smooth. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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woodworking/millwork question.........Ipe wood
It's Ipe wood and it's for a decorative plaque. The finished plaque
needs to measure 8.5"h x 17"w x 1/2"d (my original post said 3/4"). The only Ipe I have found online that accomodates those dimensions is 9"h x 2"d, which is way too thick. The finish has to be pristine being that it's decorative. You could try starting with Ipe flooring, comes in 1/2" and 3/4" thick, 4"-12" wide and 8'-20' lengths, pre-finished or unfinished, T&G or straight 90deg edges. Purchase an 2' long, 10" wide, 1/2" thick, unfinished, straight 90deg edge piece of Ipe flooring. Trim Ends. Route and finish edges. Commonly available and usually less expensive per board foot than Ipe boards of similar size. |
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