I thought I remembered seeing a discussion on this topic before, but I can't seem to locate it. Does anyone know any good techniques for resawing without a bandsaw? I have a Rigid, but I don't have a riser block. This, of course, means that I only have 6" of resaw capacity. I need to resaw and 9" wide board, and I need the full width so I can't rip it down to 6" or less. Any ideas?
You can cut a groove down each edge with your table saw, gradualy raising the blade up to full height.. Then use a handsaw to cut through the middle of it. The groove helps to guide it
Just be careful and down think about standing the board up one its ends for a run through the saw. Plane both faces first and then you can just plane off the weird middle piece later.
Gizmodyne has a good idea there, but I think you can get even more with the table saw. You could stand the board up on end and run it through if you have a tenoning jig. The frame saw is my favorite idea so far. Get back to what people had to do before electricity. You'll give your arms a great workout.
You could also try to get some time in the shop of a local highschool. The one by my house won't let me use the tools (for liability reasons) but they did say they could have their students do some work for me.
Or if you have a store that sells wood, they'll often do a single cut for you on their 12 or 14" bandsaw for a buck or three. Cheaper by far than affording your own large enough bandsaw.
You usually have to have a relationship with them to do this, but that ain't hard. Just hang around and buy the occasional bit of stuff. Handy to have that kind of friend.
I have used Gizmodyne's method, though, resawing a couple pieces of mahogany that I bought on eBay…
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