WM Resaw attachment

[John S]

Has anyone here used the resaw attachment?  I have an LT40 hydraulic.  A customer just called, he wants some 2in. cherry resawed to ½in for some Shaker boxes he is making.  He will then plane them to 3/8 in.
I am not seriously looking to spend $2500 at this time, but was wondering if anyone on FF has experience with it. It can also cut lapped siding and shingles apparently.  Thanks

[PC-Urban-Sawyer]

Sounds like you want to build an Arky Resaw Jig

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,38180.msg550131.html#msg550131

Seems like it'd work fine to do what you want to do and be a lot cheaper...

[GAB]

John:
Are you sure about the dimensions you mentioned?
I have sawed some cherry for Shaker boxes and the customer wanted 5/32" for the sides and 5/16" for the tops and bottoms.
As an FYI the resaws attachement and the SLR are two different accessories.
I have an SLR which I used to cut shakes and can be used to cut sideing.  I do not have a resaws attachment and I do not know if you can cut siding or shakes with one of those.
Yes sawing 5/32" thick with a 3/32" kerf make a lot of sawdust.
Gerald

[customsawyer]

I have the resaw attachment and it does a decent job. I would not want to do resawing on a regular basis with it but for what I bought it for it does fine. You can do lap siding with it, all you have to do is tilt the bed and you will be making two pieces at a time.

[woodyone.john]

If the job pays for the 30 odd minutes to set it up and put away then it does a really good job.I have used mine to turn cants into weather boards, cut shingles,[same as weather boards but much thinner and then docked to length], and recently to cut 6mm [1/4"] for a laminated serpentine hand rail. Mine came with the WM when i bought it 2nd hand. I dont think I would pay too much to buy one as an extra unless you got a lot of resaw jobs to do.
cheers john

[GAB]

customsawyer & woodyone.john:
Thanks for the info on how you folks saw siding using a resaws accessory.
Gerald

[Gadrock]

What type blades might one consider when doing a resaw job?

How about hard dry wood vs non-dried wood?

What about the quality of the saw tracks?


Carry on

[woodyone.john]

Because I sharpen and reset my own blades I only keep 1 profile and that is WM 10 degree 1 1/2  doublehards and a couple of stellite tipped.The double hards saw almost every thing I saw and if they dont [and thats rare] then stellite does.