Bookmatching

[photoshopgeek]

Is there any other way to bookmatch other than a bandsaw? I don't have easy access to one.

Thanks,
Ryan

 

[pilotjones]

You can send it out to be sawn.

You can cut two passes, one on each edge of the plank, with a table saw, then finish up whatever bridge is left in the middle with a hand saw.

 

[Suburban]

You can send it out to be sawn.

You can cut two passes, one on each edge of the plank, with a table saw, then finish up whatever bridge is left in the middle with a hand saw.

...but make sure to fence both sides, and hihg fences,too...

I hear rumours that people try to resaw with just the standard single side fence - with disatrous results. Such as cutting fingers, flying planks etc.

 

[T2W]

Ive always cut my wood this way, with one 3inch high fence. thats all. In fact Ive resawn entire trees like that. Even Cocobolo. Just have to be sure that the piece cant fit into the slot (on the table saw, for the blade) cuz thats when youll see planks fly up to the sky and a couple fingers along with that.

 

[wilser]

On my first bass I didn't have access to anything, so I resawed the imbuya top using a rip saw. I don't recommend it. That night I thought I was going to die from the muscular pain I felt in my chest (of course, I'm really out of shape).

 

[eleonn]

Wilser... you bookmachted a whole top by hand??? ...whats the word in english??? Ill put it in spanish... debes de ser masoquista!! jajaaa

 

[wilser]

Wilser... you bookmachted a whole top by hand??? ...whats the word in english??? Ill put it in spanish... debes de ser masoquista!! jajaaa

believe me, if I had known I wouldn't have done it. It was my first bass with little woodworking experience. That piece was pretty soft, but still. I'm not kidding about hte dieing thing. My wife took me to the ER at 3 in the morning because I thought it was a heart attack or something.

 

[tjclem]

You sir are a nut!

 

[pilotjones]

I know of one luthier, with a huge shop and all the bandsaws anyone could want, who still does the table saw from two sides first, since that way it can't wander and there is little waste; then finishes up with a band saw.

 

[FBB Custom]

Use a featherboard if you use the table saw.

 

[pilotjones]

Use a featherboard if you use the table saw.

Yes, that sounds like it would be essential with the vertical board and the blade up so high. I can imagine breaking a sweat the first couple of times trying it.

 

[eleonn]

I don't know what a featherboard is

 

[wilser]

I don't know what a featherboard is

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[eleonn]

Ohhh ...that was it!!! Thanks.

 

[Musiclogic]

Push blocks and featherboards should be mandatory in any Tablesaw application.....LMAO

Wilser is a nut, but you have to give him mass kudos for drive and ambition for resawing that top with a rip saw. That's absolutely hardcore. LMAO

 

[wilser]

...Wilser is a nut, but you have to give him mass kudos for drive and ambition for resawing that top with a rip saw. That's absolutely hardcore. LMAO

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[Musiclogic]

Villllsuh....will pump you up....LMAO

 

[T2W]

Featherboard is quite essential, and please dont stand right behind the blade... thats a good plan to get a nice piece of wood in your eye if something should go wrong.

 

[photoshopgeek]

Yeah, tried a table saw on a piece of walnut with disastrous results. The wood kept drawing towards itself and binding up the blade. I probably flipped 5 breakers trying to get one side done. It was a fairly new blade and the walnut had about a 7% moisture reading. It only cost me six bucks, but I have a piece of spalted maple that I really don't want to mess up.

Who could I send it out to and how much would it cost? I really don't want to pay more for the bookmatching than I have in the wood...

Ryan

 

[eleonn]

Ok. I got too curious about this to stop me to ask.

Never used a table saw before but obviously I've seen how they work at the place where my woods were cut for my project. This guy usually stands in front of the saw. He only uses the side bar guide (which is from steel and about 15cm high), sometimes a pushblock made from any scrap that was laying around and anything else to cut all my woods and others too and it seems that he was pretty safe just by keeping his fingers away from the saw way. Why is so important the use of a featherboards?.