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New Band Saw
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:02 pm
by Victory Pete
Is this band saw adequate for guitar building? I have an old Craftsman 12" band saw that is a bit wobbly that I have been using. This Rikon is on sale for this month.
http://www.rikontools.com/productpage_10-321.htm
Re: New Band Saw
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:12 pm
by B. Howard
I get by with less....Will probably not do a lot in the way of resawing backs and tops but other than that would work fine.
Re: New Band Saw
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:28 pm
by Victory Pete
B. Howard wrote:I get by with less....Will probably not do a lot in the way of resawing backs and tops but other than that would work fine.
What exactly is resawing backs and tops?
Re: New Band Saw
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:08 pm
by B. Howard
Cutting your own back and top sets from a "buck" or billet is typically done on a band saw. The process of cutting large pieces of wood into smaller ones for any particular project is re-sawing (guess that should have had a hyphen?). So basically sawing your own top sets from a large piece of wood.
Re: New Band Saw
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:14 pm
by
Victory Pete wrote:B. Howard wrote:I get by with less....Will probably not do a lot in the way of resawing backs and tops but other than that would work fine.
What exactly is resawing backs and tops?
Resawing is sawing thick pieces of wood into thinner pieces. A piece of wood, 1"x6"x30" could be resawn into two pieces, approx. 3/8"x6"x30".
Or...resawn into 3 pieces, approx. 1/4"x6"x30"
-tommy
Re: New Band Saw
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:41 am
by Victory Pete
Thanks, that is what I thought.
Re: New Band Saw
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:46 am
by ruby@magpage.com
Since nothing on the guitar is left with the raw saw marks, I bet your Craftsman can be made to do just fine. I have used my older, bottom-of-the-line Delta 14" to build houses, boats and furniture as well as guitars. It can cut up to 6" if I go slow enough, use the right blade, and am not too worried about the quality of the cut, but I don't do that too often - I don't re-saw my backs and tops. Maybe just new tires on the wheels and better blade guides and Bob's your uncle.
Ed Minch
Re: New Band Saw
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:20 am
by
ruby@magpage.com wrote:Since nothing on the guitar is left with the raw saw marks, I bet your Craftsman can be made to do just fine. I have used my older, bottom-of-the-line Delta 14" to build houses, boats and furniture as well as guitars. It can cut up to 6" if I go slow enough, use the right blade, and am not too worried about the quality of the cut, but I don't do that too often - I don't re-saw my backs and tops. Maybe just new tires on the wheels and better blade guides and Bob's your uncle.
Ed Minch
...and a Timberwolf blade.