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Started by carykong, March 28, 2020, 08:40:29 PM

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carykong

Good evening sawmill brothers,
Recommendation please for re-sawing cured hardwood slabs like oak and walnut. Primary goal to flatten the surface for finish work.  I run an LT27.  This is high value wood so prepared to accept pain of expensive blade.

Southside

Carbide would be the best option.
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scsmith42

If your goal is to flatten the wood why not use a jointer and a planer?

Unless the blade is in the wood all the time, when running on top of dry wood it has a tendency to skip across the surface and not give an even cut.
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carykong

Good point on limitations of a bandsaw flattening cured hardwood slab

This is an attempt to get the major
Cup and twist out.  Still have to finish with a jointer plane

jeepcj779


WDH

I do it on the sawmill.  You have to shim the slab, then go slow with a very sharp blade.  Having more horsepower also helps.
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