Subject: Re: What is Norm's new toy?

From: [email-masked] (Carl Muhlhausen)
Date: 5 Feb 1997 21:20:16 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
jeffrey green <[email-masked]> wrote:
>In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
>(Marty Escarcega) wrote:
>
>> Hitachi 3" Resaw CB75F I believe. 14 1/2" capacity. $2300 price tag at
>William 
>> Alden.
>> 
>
>Not too get off this thread exactly, but, has anyone used a 3/4" blade for
>resawing on a Jet or Delta 14" bandsaw?
>
>Does it work decent?
>
>jg

Suffolk Machinery sells a thinner than most others 3/4"
resaw blade for 14" bandsaws. I get good results
with it on my Delta 14".

Carl

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From: Frank Timpano <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 21:59:47 -0800

It is a Hitachi resaw.  I have one.  3hp motor (like a router motor,
very high speed with gear reduction and twin belt drive.  Just resawed
some 8/4 mahogany last week 12 inches wide.  Blades have stellite teeth
(though Norm said carbide-maybe they changed since I bought mine 8 or
ten years ago.  The saw is great.  I use it a lot for ripping
lumber-like making 2x2s out of 2x4s.  very safe for this type of work,
and it cuts as fast as you can push the stock through. 
It is noisy as another poster noted, due to motor type (universal rather
than induction type.) 
> 
> Thomas Paul Karrmann wrote:
> >
> > I just saw TNYW over the weekend, and Norm was using a machine I would like
> > to know more about.  He used it to resaw some Tiger Maple for making a wash
> > stand, and I believe he called the machine a resaw (aptly named) (I could
> > be wrong about that name, sometimes his accent throws me).  In any case, it
> > looked very much like a band saw, but with a 3 inch blade and rather small
> > but tall throat.  A blade that wide should resaw very nicely, but I have
> > never seen or heard of this beast before.  What is it?  Who makes them?
> > Any info on the 'net?
> >
> > TIA
>

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 9 Feb 1997 23:52:46 GMT

Carl, were you able to determine what Suffolk meant by "flutter" with
respect to tension?  The blade I got seemed to flutter at full Delta
spring guage tension and when I backed off from there had no goal in
sight.  Couldn't get an answer to E-mail.  I intend to get another Suffolk
when the need arises.  Using it now at about 1/8" on the delta scale.

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From: Kent Zickuhr <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 07:02:47 -0800

Roger & Jo Kempfer wrote:
> jeffrey green wrote:
> Most article I have read state that 1/2 " is the maximum you can use on
> the Delta/Jet,etc. bandsaws.  My experiece is that these articles are
> accurate.
> 
> rk

I've used a 3/4" 3TPI blade on my Delta BS for several years now. I've
used it
for everything from ripping 2x6s in half (the long way) to resawing ash
and walnut. It doesn't leave the best surface in the world and requires
a couple
of passes through the planer, but as far as the sawing goes, it does a
pretty
good job, not as well as a true re-saw I'm sure, but it gets the job
done. The 
one thing it does have is a substantial kerf. If you're trying to
conserve
some precious material, use a 1/2" and go slower.

Kent Zickuhr