I’m coming on Saturday afternoon to resaw large boards of loblolly pine and would love some guidance. They will become a modular set of shelves.
The pine was saved from a house that burnt in the 2011 Bastrop Wildfires and dried in a solar kiln, and stored since; super dry and stable.
I’ve got 8 boards that are 4” thick and will be resawing them in half to 2”. Width is about 9”. Lengths range from 4 - 6 feet.
@JasonSoll recommended during my orientation that it would be a good idea to start them off on the table saw to create guides for more stability when I would then move them over to the Grizzly band saw to finish them off.
This is my first time attempting a resaw of this scale so any other tips would be appreciated!
You definitely want a flat surface sitting on the saw table, whatever saw you are using. So I think this means starting on the jointer to get one wide side and both of the narrow sides flat.
(If the narrow sides are irregular enough, you might have to rough cut them before trying to joint them. The table saw has a max cutting height less than 3.5”, so it would take two passes there.)
With the two narrow sides flat, then it would be stable enough to make guide cuts (cuts partway through each narrow side) on the table saw, which would help keep the bandsaw blade straight. But even in ideal circumstances, you are going to lose a lot of thickness due to kerf and blade wander. If your initial piece is 4” exactly, I would expect the final pieces to be at most around 1.75” once they’ve been cut and jointed flat.