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I always buy slabs seems to be a little cheaper but the main reason is I can determine what thickness I will work with. So resawing them on my 19″ bandsaw isn’t too difficult now only after screwing up several slabs and logs. I learned a very valuable lesson about losing set which still I’m trying to understanding exactly how do I lose set.
I always used a 2″ 4 tpi shark tooth blade which is a monstrous blade extremely scary and a pain to install. On the first slab it cut through like butter but the second it became difficult and drift was introduced and eventually the motor only being a 2 horse would cut out because the safety overload switch would engage. Knowing that the blade is new I couldn’t figure it out until I asked the guys that manufactured it for me. They said it was the set, the blade was still sharp but the set went out causing drift which made it difficult to cut and the worst part is it couldn’t be re set so they say anyway.
Now I have installed a 1″ blade and fortunately haven’t had a problem yet except for the very loud screaching noise it makes when resawing. I really don’t understanding it yet but maybe someone on this forum just may have an answer.
Lastly I haven’t cut large slabs in a while a still have a few of them left which is air drying and I say they are ready for use which is making me cringe at the thought of resaeing them.
As for the tool box I’m not sure if it will prevent rust but it certainly can take good knocks. I made a saw horse for all my ripping and crosscutting out of Camphour and it’s very sturdy. I do know of one wood shop who makes coffins only out of Camphour. Not only can you get really beautiful wild grain out of it but it’s strength is unbelievable especially for something that is really easy to handsaw. So here is one for you, you can rip it by hand easily, crosscut it but resawing it is a nightmare. Go figure that one out.
Hopefully will get some updated pics of the finished clock up today.