Resaw Fence for Bandsaw

[jsjordan]

Here is a resaw fence I built for my Delta 14" bandsaw. It is simple and works great! :mrgreen:

 

[TracyP]

Pretty cool looking to me. Nice and simple. You did a good job.

 

[WoodWrangler]

Looks good and well executed!

 

[Glennbear]

Excellent design and execution Joel :wsmile:

 

[JackLeg]

That thing looks like it will do the job! I like simple!:icon_thum:icon_thum

 

[gordonmt]

Please pardon my ignorance but I do not understand how the gizmo made will work as a resaw fence. I thought a resaw fence needed to be long and straight and support the board more than a single contact point.
Please enlighten me on this jig. I am wanting to do some resaw this winter and it seems I need some education.

 

[toolferone]

Mark, the idea is that you can maintain your thickness but you can steer the board to keep a straight line. It can be difficult to get a regular fence parallel to the blade with the tendency of the blade to drift.

 

[ScottM]

Mark I am not an expert but unless you have an industrial BS it is next to impossible to resaw a perfect board using a long flat fense. DAMHIK. The blade will wander along the grain lines even if the saw is setup perfectly. With a single point fense you draw a line down the lenght of the board. You then hold it against the single pivot point and you move the board to follow the line as you resaw.

 

[gordonmt]

Thank you all for the good description. I have had a lot of bad experiences trying to resaw "the perfiect board" and now I see that it never had a chance in the first place. I have seen people with 1/8" veneers removed from 1 inch boards and I assumed that it was the set up or some other thing that made their cuts so much better than mine.
With this type of jig, can I assume that I can get a reasonably parellel cut board by following a drawn line, and then let the surface planer take it from their?

 

[ScottM]

Yes Mark in theory a quicky touch up on a planer and off you go. Wood magazine website has a plan for one of these. It appears to be a close cousin.

http://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-plans/bandsawing/bandsaw-resawing-guide/