And Another Successful Bookmatch from the SS Bandsaw
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Very nice Chris. I have been meaning to get into book matching and box making. Currently, I have just been making bandsaw boxes. Just purchased a slew of blades to experiment with. I also work with relatively small pieces, so I bought a 6" drum sander via Byrne's Model Machines. I am hoping this will work well in cleaning up the re-sawn pieces.
Mark V 520 Table System with Jointer, Band saw, Planer, Strip Sander, Biscuit Joiner and DC3300 Dust Collector. DeWalt palm sander, Ryobi 12" sliding miter saw, and hopefully many more items to come.
Re: And Another Successful Bookmatch from the SS Bandsaw
Here's another job from the SS bandsaw. I'm puttering toward a guitar build. Rather than one giant rare piece of walnut, I selected and re-sawed the most-nearly quartersawn parts of a few boards, and joined them together. This is approx. 1/8" thick wood. There are 6 planks going left to right, with a bit of marquetry let in the middle:
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Re: And Another Successful Bookmatch from the SS Bandsaw
Nice. How wide were your boards?
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Thanks, Dave Each resawn board was about 2-1/2" - 3" wide. I'll post more guitar progress hopefully soon.
Re: And Another Successful Bookmatch from the SS Bandsaw
I just recollected, that the many great cuts from the Shopsmith bandsaw were inspiring... poetic even!
A modern day warrior, mean, mean stride
Today's Re-Sawyer, mean, mean pride
Though his shop is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
His reserve, a quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river
What you say about his Shopsmith company is
What you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the [blade] drift
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide
Today's Re-Sawyer, he gets high cuts on you
And the space he invades, he gets by on you
No, his mind is not for rent
To any god or government
Always hopeful, yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is
And what you say about his Shopsmith company is
What you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide
Exit the warrior, today's Re-Sawyer
He gets high on you, the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the blade !!!
A modern day warrior, mean, mean stride
Today's Re-Sawyer, mean, mean pride
Though his shop is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
His reserve, a quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river
What you say about his Shopsmith company is
What you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the [blade] drift
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide
Today's Re-Sawyer, he gets high cuts on you
And the space he invades, he gets by on you
No, his mind is not for rent
To any god or government
Always hopeful, yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is
And what you say about his Shopsmith company is
What you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit
The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide
Exit the warrior, today's Re-Sawyer
He gets high on you, the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the blade !!!
Re: And Another Successful Bookmatch from the SS Bandsaw
Chris,
Awesome...I love RUSH and it is often playing in my workshop.
Awesome...I love RUSH and it is often playing in my workshop.
RF Guy
Mark V 520 (Bought New '98) | 4" jointer | 6" beltsander | 12" planer | bandsaw | router table | speed reducer | univ. tool rest
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Mark V 520 (Bought New '98) | 4" jointer | 6" beltsander | 12" planer | bandsaw | router table | speed reducer | univ. tool rest
Porter Cable 12" Compound Miter Saw | Rikon 8" Low Speed Bench Grinder w/CBN wheels | Jessem Clear-Cut TS™ Stock Guides
Festool (Emerald): DF 500 Q | RO 150 FEQ | OF 1400 EQ | TS 55 REQ | CT 26 E
DC3300 | Shopvac w/ClearVue CV06 Mini Cyclone | JDS AirTech 2000 | Sundstrom PAPR | Dylos DC1100 Pro particulate monitor
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Re: And Another Successful Bookmatch from the SS Bandsaw
Very nice! What sort of fence are you using to get such even cuts? Very good-looking box project too!
Ed
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Re: And Another Successful Bookmatch from the SS Bandsaw
Thanks, Gents!
My bandsaw set-up has been to my satisfaction for a number of years, and I may go a few years on a blade before changing it. A long time ago I tried high-feature convex fence ideas for resawing, but I eventually just went back to the basic Shopsmith fence, and not even adjusted for "drift", as such. I make sure the fence is parallel to the grooves in the table.
The blade needs to be sharp and not have too many teeth. I have a 1/2" blade and I think it's a 3 or 4 tpi blade with skip teeth.
When I get a "Re-Sawyer" cut done, I do need to plane each resulting piece, taking out maybe 1/16" of unevenness, and I use handplanes. For a very figured piece, sometimes I try to plane more across the grain than with the grain. I have a love of quartersawn wood, and with this grain it may be tricky to plane strictly length-wise.
Chris
My bandsaw set-up has been to my satisfaction for a number of years, and I may go a few years on a blade before changing it. A long time ago I tried high-feature convex fence ideas for resawing, but I eventually just went back to the basic Shopsmith fence, and not even adjusted for "drift", as such. I make sure the fence is parallel to the grooves in the table.
The blade needs to be sharp and not have too many teeth. I have a 1/2" blade and I think it's a 3 or 4 tpi blade with skip teeth.
When I get a "Re-Sawyer" cut done, I do need to plane each resulting piece, taking out maybe 1/16" of unevenness, and I use handplanes. For a very figured piece, sometimes I try to plane more across the grain than with the grain. I have a love of quartersawn wood, and with this grain it may be tricky to plane strictly length-wise.
Chris
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Teaser picture for the next project, should it decide to complete itself...
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Ideating and tweaking some ....
The finger joints were roughed-out on the bandsaw. The whole rig is fairly constrained already; a triangle is a stable shape!
The finger joints were roughed-out on the bandsaw. The whole rig is fairly constrained already; a triangle is a stable shape!