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Easy Resawing

By George Vondriska on Mar 21, 2011 | Rated 9.64

In my experience resawing on the bandsaw is one of those things that makes smoke come out of woodworkers ears. It can, admittedly, be tough to get perfect, especially if you have to go through the steps required for drift compensation. Here s what ll save your resaw bacon. You don t always have to do drift compensation. The key to dirt simple resawing is a singe point contact fence, which you can easily make. Read More »
Elegant Tissue Box Cover

By David Munkittrick on Feb 08, 2011 | Rated 9.13

Tissue box covers make great gifts, and they are a great way to use the hoard of small off cuts with cool figure and/or color that I save from bigger projects. I even glue leftover veneer onto 1/4-in multi-ply plywood to make tissue box stock. If you go this route, skip the first two steps that involve resawing and planing the boards. I used both veneered and solid stock in the photos for this article. Read More »
Band Saw versus Scroll Saw

By George Vondriska on Nov 11, 2008 | Rated 10

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