Is there any interest in full splice jig?

[CarromBilliards]

"What is resaw quality?" seems like a question deserving a better answer than "Google it". I had the same question, and I did Google it. Learned that my saw with aftermarket Carter guides guides above and beneath the table, with Woodslicer blades, should be good, but my saw cuts at an angle, nonetheless - which I believe was the point slim123 was trying to make. I'm hoping Joey can clear this up, and I can make my saw "resaw quality".

PM me I can help you get that saw dialed in to resaw perfectly.

 

[shankster8]

Thanks for the video links, joey. I've watched some of them before. This video

is instructive of the point I believe slim123 was trying to make. The host uses a resaw attachment on the fence, rather than the fence itself to guide the stock. That attachment has a convex face and contacts the board being sawn at just a single point (actually a line). The convex attachment allows the sawyer to constantly change the feed angle as necessary to follow the line he wants to cut. This is obviously because the saw cuts at an angle. If not, he'd simply feed along the fence. Slim123 suggested that using a linear rail as a guide could produce varying results, which makes sense IMO because it functions like a fence, and constrains the board along a fixed path which the blade may not wish to follow. Hence, the resaw attachment allowing constant correction of the cut angle. The term "resaw quality" sounded like a standard some saws conformed to, and others lacked, which is not the case. The term instead describes that a band saw has been set up to maximize the possibility of cutting a straight line. Despite that careful set up, however, blades typically have a mind of their own and veer off the cut line. That is certainly my experience and generally the faster you cut, the more the veer. The only method I've found which guarantees a straight cut using a fence, is to cut at a painfully slow feed rate. Unfortunately you don't get any work done. Not sure exactly how that works, but it probably involves the blade gullets not getting full. By the way, I'm not a resawer, I typically cut stock three inches thick, or less. And because I don't have the patience to baby feed, I usually scribe a line on the stock and free cut that line. With the saw set up correctly, I can cut at a fast feed rate, and follow the line pretty closely. I was hoping joey's "resaw quality" was going to transform my bandsaw techniques. Thanks to those that pm'd me, especially the member that offered advice if I contacted him back, which I will. Sorry for any ruffled feathers.