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Thread: Jet or Carbi-tech bandsaw
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14th October 2005, 09:00 PM #16Originally Posted by Paul B
A fellow luthier here. Ive noticed that alot of luthiers who resaw tonewoods seem to go for the Hitachi CB75F bandsaws. Talk to Scott Wise or Jim Redgate about their machines. I think Schtoo in Japan has one as well.
I dont do any resawing (yet!) so get by with a Carbatec 14" bandsaw.
Those timbers you plan to resaw sound interesting..are you making acoustics or electrics?
Cheers
MartinWhatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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14th October 2005, 11:37 PM #17Senior Member
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Hi Martin,
Yes those Hitachi resaws are the bees knees, but they cost about 3 or 4 times more than the 18" jet, and they take a 3" blade. Gilet guitars in Sydney have one that I had a good look at last time I was there, very nice, but expensive to buy and I've no idea what the bands would cost - the mind boggles.
I think you could get by with a 14" bandsaw with a riser block, if that's what you happen to have.
I build acoustics, right now I'm looking into aussie timbers, but just when you identify a candidate, you find out that it's prone to spliting - like burdekin plum. My next guitar will be tassy blackwood/englemann, but I'm looking at tassy myrtle, queensland maple, and new guinea rosewood. I've got some really nice ringed myall that looks like it might make good fingerboards and bridges.
Trying to get guitars made while renovating the house is pretty challenging, I don't seem to be making a whole lot of headway other than getting tooled up, and buying timber and supplies for when the house is finished and I get my life back.
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15th October 2005, 08:29 PM #18Originally Posted by Paul B
Cheers MartinWhatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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20th October 2005, 11:54 PM #19Originally Posted by kiwigeo
This story sounds very familiar, both Paul and Martin, and today I became the proud owner of a Jet 18", but SWMBO who of course helped me unload it from the trailer and then issued instructions "You better finish my house before you start using that thing, you should have been finished ages ago ".
Following me into the shed and almost in the same sentence without drawing breath came the list of items to be made, as I had told how I needed this to resaw timber for the furniture projects.
So not feeling left out and feeling like I’ve heard those thoughts before “I think I’ll have to take some time off to get some work done” I look forward to this weekend in the shed fine tuning the new toy. The first lot of timber has been sitting waiting for this for quite a few months, now the waiting is over and the moment of truth has arrived.
Thanks to all those who contribute to this forum, it has made my and many others choices easy. As a newcomer to this forum I look forward to being able to contribute myself.
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