Simon A Wells
Member
Hello!
Been looking at the different threads on here on bandsaws and wondered if anyone could help me?
I am a hobby woodworker who's workshop is a double garage shared with bikes and family treasures!
I am looking to resaw up to 200mm oak beams into 1/4 and 1/2 planks, similar with larch. Plus the odd log to be air dried.
Would prefer hand resawing ( I have a Disston d8 rip saw...) but does not seem realistic when projects include:
Large porch.
Car port
Replace raised decking 2m off ground
Firewood storage and shed
Bike shed
Office storage / book shelves / storage for climbing kit refurbishment
Wardrobes, bedside cabinets etc.
Kitchen ( probably mainly sheet goods for carcass) just shaker doors.
Wood for children’s projects such as boxes etc.
The nearest sawmill is several hours away (live in the Highlands) so getting the saw mill to cut may not be practical.
Axminster seem to charge a lot for Highlands delivery so looking to Record Power as some of their retailers can deliver to the Highlands at a reasonable cost.
My assumptions:
1. Getting saw mill to do cuts takes away flexibility as projects develop / start / I make errors and need more.......
2. Resawing by hand is hard work, so will not happen?
3. Bandsaw faster and so it will get done?
I assume a 14inch bandsaw will be sufficient?
Which saw would you recommend for a hobby woodworker to resaw 200 mm beams in oak and larch?
Option 1:
https://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/premium-14-bandsaw
Option 2:
https://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/sabre350-14-bandsaw-230v
I'd rather keep the price low as I need to upgrade the workshop dust extractor but I don't want to regrett a cheap purchase as I struggle with an underpowered machine.
I already have the rutland 255mm table saw built into a large assembly bench for smaller rips and cross cuts, plus the rutland planner thicknesser for preparing stock.
https://www.rutlands.com/products/table-saw-255mm
https://www.rutlands.com/products/planer-thicknesser
I generally work with hand tools when possible / faster but appreciate the speed of machines when set up. Wood work is my down time / destress, so don’t like machines with noise and dust but they are better at some jobs, I suspect this is one of them.
Thank you for your thoughts!
Been looking at the different threads on here on bandsaws and wondered if anyone could help me?
I am a hobby woodworker who's workshop is a double garage shared with bikes and family treasures!
I am looking to resaw up to 200mm oak beams into 1/4 and 1/2 planks, similar with larch. Plus the odd log to be air dried.
Would prefer hand resawing ( I have a Disston d8 rip saw...) but does not seem realistic when projects include:
Large porch.
Car port
Replace raised decking 2m off ground
Firewood storage and shed
Bike shed
Office storage / book shelves / storage for climbing kit refurbishment
Wardrobes, bedside cabinets etc.
Kitchen ( probably mainly sheet goods for carcass) just shaker doors.
Wood for children’s projects such as boxes etc.
The nearest sawmill is several hours away (live in the Highlands) so getting the saw mill to cut may not be practical.
Axminster seem to charge a lot for Highlands delivery so looking to Record Power as some of their retailers can deliver to the Highlands at a reasonable cost.
My assumptions:
1. Getting saw mill to do cuts takes away flexibility as projects develop / start / I make errors and need more.......
2. Resawing by hand is hard work, so will not happen?
3. Bandsaw faster and so it will get done?
I assume a 14inch bandsaw will be sufficient?
Which saw would you recommend for a hobby woodworker to resaw 200 mm beams in oak and larch?
Option 1:
https://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/premium-14-bandsaw
Option 2:
https://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/sabre350-14-bandsaw-230v
I'd rather keep the price low as I need to upgrade the workshop dust extractor but I don't want to regrett a cheap purchase as I struggle with an underpowered machine.
I already have the rutland 255mm table saw built into a large assembly bench for smaller rips and cross cuts, plus the rutland planner thicknesser for preparing stock.
https://www.rutlands.com/products/table-saw-255mm
https://www.rutlands.com/products/planer-thicknesser
I generally work with hand tools when possible / faster but appreciate the speed of machines when set up. Wood work is my down time / destress, so don’t like machines with noise and dust but they are better at some jobs, I suspect this is one of them.
Thank you for your thoughts!