Resawing?

[Tom Martinello]

What exactly DOES resawing mean? I always see this advertised for bandsaw blades, so it has me curious.

----- Tom Martinello -/-

[Mike in Mystic]

what does it sound like?

Ok, I'll tell you. Let's say you have a 1" thick piece of wood, but you need 1/2" thick wood. Rather than using a thickness planer and wasting half the stock, you can slice the wood in half (according to it's thickness) and end up with 2 pieces. There are a lot of neat things you can do with this, i.e. bookmatching.

Mike

[gabriel]

Hey don't be too hard on the guy. I did not know what it meant either (I don't think it's obvious), until I saw it explained to someone else.

[DarylRos]

It sounds like you are sawing something again, after doing it once.

He asked an honest question, and guess what? At one time, you didn't know the answer either.

[NoNameAtAll]

That's not very nice. Lots of people, including myself, have had to inquire about its meaning here an in other forums. Once you find out what it means the name makes sense in retrospect, but without an explanation I don't think it's a self-evident phrase at all.

[Bay Area Dave]

guys, guys! Mike took the time to answer the OP's question! Cut him some slack for his phrasing; I've not known him to be rude and I'd bet he didn't mean his question to come off as you thought. He is one of the most good-natured posters here.

dave

DarylRos wrote:

[Swingman]

Mike asked a pertinent question in addressing the OP's query itself, the only snide content of which was in your and gabriel's mind. He then followed it up with a precise explanation which contributed to the OP's understanding, something which neither of you bothered to do.

[Swingman]

Don't look now, but Mike supplied the explanation. ALL you had to do was READ it! :)

[gabriel]

Ah, you're on them startass types... Always a smart answer, always an argument... So that's what the twit filter's for!

[Jay Knepper]

Mike's question was not "pertinent", nor was it helpful. I would wager that Tom's lumber has been sawn three times (at least), in orthogonal planes, when he got it. In which case ripping and crosscutting could also be intrepreted as resawing. Further, gabriel's and DarlyRos's replies were to Mike, not to Tom.

Jay

[Swingman]

Precisely ... go for it!

[Swingman]

The question was indeed "pertinent", providing a much better understanding of the concept if you mentally answer the rhetorical question, and give it some thought.

If his following explanation was not "helpful", a dictionary would then be in order.

Exactly ... and they both took unnecessary exception to MIke's perfectly informative post.

[Bay Area Dave]

Well said!

dave

Sw> Precisely ... go for it!

>

[Mark]

Sawing wood.

No shit. I thought it meant something else.

Learn something every day.

[Bay Area Dave]

So far, the ONLY response that has been on topic is Mike's!

dave

Mark wrote:

[Leslie Gossett]

The term resawing is vague and ambiguous. Hasn't most lumber we bring home been already sawed once or twice? I would think the action of cutting face grain using a bandsaw would have a more descriptive term, like we have for crosscutting and ripping.

When I first became interested in woodworking, the term resawing made no sense to me other then cutting the same piece of wood more then once, with any kind of saw. When I found out what it refers to, I thought it was pretty silly. So, is resawing the only term we have for cutting face grain? Enquiring minds want to know!

Leslie

[Lawrence Wasserman]

relate rebel reward respect refrain regal report refuse resort replete etc.

[Bay Area Dave]

reminds me of Number Five (do you know from which movie?)

dave

Lawrence Wasserman wrote:

[Charlie Self]

Leslie Gossett asks:

Not really. It applies to a specific action. It may seem vague and ambiguous to someone who doesn't know that specific action or the reasons for it, but it is quite specific. Resawing does not mean crosscutting or ripping for the second, third or 58th time. It means cutting wood on the face grain to produce thinner sections of wood. Period, or at least so far as I know. I've never heard or seen another explanation for it.

Why? Seems to me resawing, which I was doing earlier today to a piece of chinaberry wood, is perfectly descriptive.

But it doesn't mean that, as you found out. It is specific. It is useful

.>hen I found out what it refers to, I thought it was pretty

As far as I know. Why do you feel it's silly? Because you started out not knowing what it means? Does that mean the phrase "Platonic Dialogues" is pretty silly because I began my Platonic readings without knowing what they are?

Charlie Self "Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves." Dorothy Parker

[gabriel]

Nothing like a simple question to trigger name-calling and generally bring out the worst in people.

Sorry you got this additional trash in your answer.