Woodworker's Journal Summer-2008, страница 31

Set the fence to the thickness of the stock you require. Be sure to accommodate the saw kerf in your planning. For example, it's impossible to get three 1/4"-thick pieces of stock from a 3/4" piece of wood. The two saw kerfs eat up close to 1/8" of wood. Adjust the upper saw guide to the width of the board you are resawing, plus about 1/4".

It is a good idea to scribe a line the width of the slice you are removing on the visible edge of the board. This will help you keep the saw blade exactly where you want it during the cut.

Feed the wood through the cut using a slow, steady feed rate. If the saw motor starts to labor, slow the cut down even more so the blade doesn't stall. Use a push stick to finish the cut to keep your fingers clear of the blade. If you are making multiple resaw cuts in a piece of lumber, decide whether you need to run the sawn face of the stock over your jointer or not before beginning the next resaw pass.

Use a planer with a slave board to remove the saw cuts from the faces of the resawn slabs. Don't run stock thinner than 1/4" through your planer without a slave, or it could get caught in the feed rollers and shatter. Or use a sander to smooth the slab. ^

When choosing resawing blades, think wide and dentally challenged, as with the wide blade at right. At a minimum, stick with a 1/2"- or 5/8"-wide, open-toothed blade, (middle). Thin blades (left) are really designed for cutting curves, not resawing.

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