Here are some pics of me milling some ash,cherryand box elder on 5-13-07 I cut them 12/4 and remill on my band saw.
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Nice resaw.... How do you like those Lennox Woodmaster blades? Have you tried the carbide tipped trimasters? They cost quite a bit more but I can gurantee you won't be disapointed. I put on one my bandsaw and the performance is amazing.
. No I have not tried strapping them yet how efective is it.
Quite effective. You just need to remember to retighten them every once and a while. Beats removing a ton of weight if you just want to pull one or two boards.
Strapping would seem to be less hassle, but another way I used to do it (still do occasionally because I already have the jig set up) is to use threaded rod and 2x4's. I slip a 2x4 with holes for the rod above and below the stack every 2 ft or so and tighten (screw) them together. As aggie says, you have to tighten them every once in a while (more often in the beginning) because the wood shrinks and they get loose. Works well. 1/4" rod is already overkill for this job, so you don't have to go bigger (thus more expensive).
You mean like this?
I like the way you think.
1/4" is more than enough. I used 1/2" because it was free. I used valve springs to keep some pressure on the stack between tightenings.
YEAH MAN... thats what I'm a talkin' 'bout. Only I did't use the valve springs... I actually have some old valve springs from my VW rebuild days. Think they really make it tighter between tightenings? Probly can't hurt huh?
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