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   byhammerandhand | Dec 04, 2006 05:23am | #1

   Cutting to reduce the thickness rather than length(cross cut) or width (rip).

   You stand the wood up on edge and run it through the saw.

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   evanover | Dec 04, 2006 06:02am | #3

   Thank you for the responses.  What is the advantage of this technique over using a planer or jointer?  Quicker? 

   Thanks again.

   Erik-

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   mapleman | Dec 04, 2006 06:17am | #4

   Evan,

   Most people use this method to turn 1 thick piece of wood into 2 useable thinner pieces of wood, with 1 side of each piece having identical grain characteristics (called bookmatching).

   What is the advantage of this technique over using a planer or jointer?  Quicker? 

   A jointer flattens 1 side of a board at a time. You can flatten both sides of a board, but they will likely not be parallel.

   A planer also flattens 1 side of a board at a time, but it makes the side being planed parallel to the first side.

    A bandsaw will only reduce the thickness of the board, it will still need to be planed smooth. If you have a lot of material to plane off, then yes, the bandsaw will quickly hog off the extra thickness.

   Lee

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   Astrain | Dec 04, 2006 06:49am | #5

   Hi Evanover, you can use resawing to cut several slices of one figured board(wich is called veneer), that way you can build a piece of furniture with regular(and cheaper) wood and cover that piece of furniture with the slices of the figured (expensive)wood, or maybe is because you really like one of the boards that you have.. think of it as wallpaper.Using resaw for dimensioning instead of a planner sometimes is more practical if you want to take a lot of wood out of a board, lets say you have a board that its 4 inches thick and you want a board 2 inches thick, if you use your planner its going to take a lot of passes to get it to 2 inches, and you will be waisting a lot of wood, with resawing you can cut it in one pass and you will get the 2 inch board that you need and at least a 1 inch board.Just be sure to fine tune your band saw and practice the technique.A jointer is not used either for rewaing or for dimensioning. I hope this helps.Sorry for my English.

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   evanover | Dec 04, 2006 04:22pm | #6

   Thanks guys,

   I understand why that would be so practical now.  Looks like I'll get to buy another tool!

   Erik-

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   coolbreeze | Dec 04, 2006 05:34am | #2

   Not sure you can access this link http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesPDF.aspx?id=2452

   If you can't access, maybe you can find another link to the article in FineWoodworking #122. It will help you with your question.

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   groucho | Dec 04, 2006 04:36pm | #7

   Erik, take a look at the discussion in "general" , "How much bandsaw does a hobbyist need?" there is a lot of good information and opinions about band saws.

   good luck,