Cutting veneer with bandsaw. If not prepare for pain. At the time my small basement shop had an old craftsman bandsaw. For these straight cuts youll need the right blade plus a sturdy fence. I have spent many hours fine tuning my bandsaw.
The band saw can also excel at a variety of straight cuts. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Resawing cutting thin strips of veneer or even rough cutting lumber from logs using a specially designed sled are all tasks that a band saw can tackle. The essential veneer tool at the heart of sawing your own veneer is the bandsaw.
Plus it cuts so slow id get bored before im done with cutting this much. I have replaced the tires on the wheels replaced the origi nal guides with carter roller bearing. Good bandsaw blade for resawing veneer. The first time i saw a piece of furniture with book matched door panels was at a museum exhibit of 17th and 18th century woodworking.
The first test is to make sure the bandsaw is cutting properly. The band saw is an antique 3hp davis and wells 20. So fire up the bandsaw cause were cutting our own veneer. Woodworkers discuss veneer production on the bandsaw.
Set the fence to the desired veneer thickness and make sure the blade is parallel to the fence. Cutting lumber along its grain parallel to the face. How to cut your own veneer on a bandsaw duration. From slicing sheets of thin veneer to cutting intricate curves.
Prepare a board for test cuts. General blade recommendation 12 34 blade with 3 4 teeth per inch hook configuration big gullets and minimal set. After looking at those nearly identical panels with mirrored grain i was hooked. Band saw veneer william ng.
Bandsaw resawing how to cut great veneer bandsaw resawing methods are important in woodworking for the purpose of cutting quality veneerwhen slicing veneer on the bandsaw woodworkers want to be able to create veneers of a uniform thickness every time we make a cut. Straight cutting blades that wont let you down. For this project i have it set for 332. Ethanswers cutting a 0015 bandsaw veneer using the reverse ripper duration.