Resawing
Stretch your dollars and your lumber by resawing to create veneer, bookmatched figure, or just thinner stock. Learn techniques for precise bandsaw and table-saw resawing.
The first time I saw a piece of furniture with book-matched door panels was at a museum exhibit of 17th- and 18th-century woodworking.
In this video, Tools Editor Bob Hunter goes over the basics of resawing boards with your bandsaw and how to achieve the best results.
With a little work at the tablesaw, you can resaw wide boards without a riser-block equipped bandsaw.
I’ll need to resaw the 3"-thick slab to create the two seat planks, but how can I do that without the bandsaw’s table damaging the natural edges?
When a bandsaw's not an option, turn to the tablesaw for resawing. We show you how to do it safely.
An editor's favorite, we used this jig in the WOOD magazine shop to resaw spalted maple into beautiful jewelry box stock.
Found wood can save you money and may have striking figure you won't find at the lumberyard.
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