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Can it be done with rosewood.

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Hutch

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It can be done, but would waste a lot of wood. Plane the edges, make one cut and then flip the board end for end, so the cuts meet in the middle. If the cuts don't quite meet, use a handsaw to finish. It does waste a lot of wood. From my experience, I would see if there's a nearby woodworking shop that can resaw it (or take Brad's offer). Your tablesaw will take a kerf of 1/16"-1/8" on each cut, but a bandsaw will only take .022"-.025".

Brent

Im aware of the waste, but in the end, it would be cheaper than mailing back and forth. Since i get a smoother cut on the ts, i think i can cut closer to final dimension.

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Hutch

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yes it can be done...

blade must be SHARP

blade kerf should be determined by power of table saw...e.g. a cheap jobsite saw works best with a thin kerf bladem but thin blades tend to bend more easily

amount of waste is also a factor in determining kerf

fence really needs to be sitting square to the table top and of course parallel to blade

I find it best to make repeated passes to get to full height of blade. this reduces force on blade which in turn results in cleaner cuts with less residue getting built up on the blade (which creates other issues)...I'll set the blade to a height, run the board through it and then flip it to cut from the other edge...rinse and repeat...this endeavor really takes full focus and control of everything. have both infeed and outfeed support for the side billet, as noted control everything in an attempt to prevent things from going FUBAR

a zero clearance insert is a must

I find that a 10" blade barely makes it to resawing a 6" board

Nice looking billets, to bad the back billet isn't a bit wider but some little ears glued on the lower bout will still fit many guitars.

EIR is going for about $70 a board foot where I buy it and you have maybe 4.6 bf so your wood is worth around $300-320 retail.

StuMac has some nice EIR sets for $130.

You might consider selling the billets for ~$300 and even if you ate the cost of shipping you should still have close to enough to buy 2 sets from StuMac already sanded.

Using a table saw I think you'll lose a set or two in kerf waste.

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Brian R, Wood Mechanic
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The other issue I'd potentially see with resawing rosewood with a table saw is burning. There would be a lot of saw blade spinning in that wood, and if there was any tendency for the wood to bind on the blade for any reason it could do a lot of smoking.

Dave

this post made me realize I forgot to mention a riving knife being rather important in the operation

and Dave makes a great point about the burning...those burns go into the wood and take a while to eradicate

I've ripped a lot of boards on the table saw using a Diablo 7 1/4" thin kerf blade. My bandsaw is normally set up with a 1/4" blade and it's a pain to reconfigure it to resaw, and I'm just not interested in going through the trouble just for one board, so I run the board (obviously needs to be flat) through the tablesaw with the sawblade at max height, flip the board end for end and run it through again. I have a zero clearance insert but no riving knife. If it's not cut all the way I take it to the bandsaw and finish it, the cuts from the table saw keep the bandsaw blade lined up. Obviously this is not the most efficient use of the wood and it takes more cleanup on the drum sander but it works just fine and I can do it a lot faster than resetting the bandsaw for resawing.

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Steve Smith
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The millworks about an hour away cut a 12" wide, 1" thick board of birdseye for me, for I don't remember how much. I was doing some other things besides. Then they sanded the 3 pieces to 1/8" It was maybe around $60. I can't even imagine doing that myself. Those guys are really good. They cut thru narrower boards like butter.

My 10" bandsaw is not that good.

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Why be normal?

Have you tried contacting this mill?

https://www.longleaflumber.com/contact/

Hmm, using a table saw will result in a lot of waste and you're very likely to burn an oily wood like Indian rosewood resulting in warping and distortion of the sawn plates. I wouldn't do that but it's up to you.

I have a 19" 3 hp bandsaw with a brand new carbide tipped Lenox wood master blade installed here on Long Island. I'd be willing to resaw for you if you cover shipping which shouldn't be too crazy considering we're not so far from one an another.

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Hutch

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