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WOW Todd, thanks for so much input, i just saved your post, so much info in there! I'll be checking all of this out, love your fence,pretty easy to make, for the spring, it sure will be a challenge but seems feasable, i'll be in touch with you when i get to this point, if ya don't mind of course!


I really appreciate your devotion

Regards

Serge

Cool Todd, just added that link to the favorites!

Again man, you rock! Serge Poirier38812.0114236111

Serge:
What Todd said, except I use the woodcraft brand blades, and they work fine. I tried a 3/4" blade and the rigid wouldn't tension it properlly, so I wentback to the 1/2" with much better results. I have'nt tried the type of fence that Todd shows. Mine is musc shorter front to back (1/2") I adjust the tracking to a line drawn on the edge of the board manually as I cut. My fence just keeps the board vertical, and the thickness constant.

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Thanks Al, my bandsaw came with a black 1/2" blade,with i don't know how many tpi but will check, that cuts fine for now but will be checking that out as soon as my riser block gets here next week. Do you have any pics of your fence and set up? Sounds interesting as well!

Serge, the Timberwolf blades also require less tension, and are therefore easier to get tensioned properly on the smaller saws like the 14". I have a 14" Delta with a riser block and the Timberwolf resaws wood just like cutting through butter.

I also installed the Carter spring as Todd suggested above. The original on the Delta was pretty worthless.Dave Rector38812.4404513889

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The 5/8" Bladerunner II blades from Iturra work really great. They are the same skip tooth pattern as the 1/2" version they sell, and also identical to the Woodslicer blades sold by Highland Hardware. They are thin kerf - .032" or so, and cut even cocobolo like butter. Oh...and at $20 they are a great value. he is out of inventory right now, but is expecting delivery of more soon. They are worth trying.

Another nice upgrade for resawing is to add a set of Bandrollers, (also an Iturra product), which are a bearing unit that fit right in the standard Delta guide holes. Bearing guides are great because they help keep blades from overheating, which causes them to lose temper and wear out quicker.
For resawing resinous woods like cocobolo, a set of ceramic guides are great because they don't heat up much, but also keep the blade relatively clean. They sort of "scrape" the resins off the blade.

Plus...on a lot of these parts, you can save a few bucks from buying directly from Iturra Design.

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Thanks Dave, i'll take that into consideration as well!

Serge, if you're going to cut out neck blanks or anything with very sharp curves, you need to use 1/4" blade for that, in my opinion.

Ron

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I agree Ron, i'll be having different widths of blades, 1/4" for pattern cutting 1/2" or 3/4" for resawing, i'll also keep my old 9" bandsaw for aluminum cutting!

BTW, i'm picking up my riser block tonight at home depot! toodelidoopteedoo!