Garden Chair: Resawing Thin Plies

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   whansen | Aug 11, 2018 07:17pm | #1

   Michael, where have you been all my life? I have struggled with my bandsaw for years. After following your tips on squaring up the bandsaw, I am finally beginning to get real pleasure out of this important tool. Thank you!

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   DSSOKHEY | Oct 31, 2018 07:17pm | #2

   Thanks for the videos. I have been planning to make this chair from the time that it appeared as an article in the magazine a few years ago. The video has rekindled that desire. Thanks. Ita a great help.

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   Raventwin | Dec 09, 2020 07:04pm | #3

   Great video. Very educational to learn good technique from someone so skilled!

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   Aging_Canine | Dec 09, 2020 09:53pm | #4

   Why can't you joint a board 1/2 inch thick? Will it flex too much over the cutter head?

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   user-4880951 | Dec 10, 2020 05:55am | #5

   I would never joint a board half an inch thick. I consider it far too dangerous. Best not to experience a board breaking as it passes over the knives! I got away with it once a long time ago. Never again. 2” is my minimum if I can’t use a Stanley number 5,and if it is straight grained without knots, (and if I’m using push bits on a modern large guarded planer wearing goggles and Kevlar protection all over☺️). Actually I usually just use the thicknesser. It’s good enough for most jobs just like this one.

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   WorksInTheory | Dec 10, 2020 02:35pm | #6

   Great video! Well I don't think that bandsaw is passing any nickel test ;-). And glad to hear that it whines just like mine and that there are saw marks on the pieces just like mine. But it goes to show you, it's not the tool it's the woodworker and certainly I don't have Michael Fotune's skills!

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   user-7596380 | Dec 14, 2020 01:47am | #7

   Not to be too "Picky, picky, picky", as Pat Paulson used to quip, but shouldn't the bandsaw table be made square to the blade, BEFORE you square the fence to the blade? (I know he sort of said so in passing, but isn't "Clarity the soul of [avoiding] 'Oops'"?)

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   kdwmson | Dec 29, 2021 03:37pm | #8

   How is the resaw fence held in place? Earth strength magnets? If so, how large and strong?

   I have trouble resawing as shown even when my blade is perpendicular to the table and parallel to the fence. It won't stay tight to the fence. Is there another video that speaks to this problem?

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   user-6524153 | Dec 29, 2021 04:32pm | #9

   Michael did this video on band saw drift a few years ago.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdrkmx6ehI

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   user-3278648 | Dec 30, 2021 07:54am | #10

   Yes. Check out his bandsaw tuning video. If you folllow his instructions and take care how you wheel your band saw around the shop so as not to take it out of tune, this Tool's value in your shop will increase dramatically. Don't try to compensate for drift by adjusting the fence.

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   ohgtogeorge | Jan 03, 2024 06:15pm | #11

   Great Chairs Michael. I have made 2 of them, one with African Mahogany and one from Poplar. Both turned out great!