Thread: Resawing slabs

Originally Posted by Stopper

In my experience the combination of a bandsaw for slabbing and a bench for resawing provides the best option for timber recovery. I slab through the log cutting various thicknesses as the customer requires then transfer the slabs to a bench to rip off the sides, face off and straighten, rip up the centre or peel off squares and boards. With this method it is possible to achieve a large quantity of wide section boards, straight timber and timber that is well dimensioned. There is very little loss to sawdust. You can also face off around knots and faults and because your bandsaw has sized accurately there is very little waste from over dimensioning like there is if you have a canadian or other type of saw that cuts large cants.
The pics are of a PTO driven bench. Professionally built by Gibson Engineering in the 1980's. It takes a 44" saw and has hydraulic rollers, sawdust blower and hood. It also has 3 point linkage to hook up to the tractor.

If you ever see one for sale grab it. They are a great little bench.

cheers
Steve

Thanks alot for those pictures its the closest thing to what I want and I ve seen except for some american machines its great to put a name to it