Accu Slice - Resawing and Cutting Wide Boards (9)

Resawing and slicing thin sections of wood boards up to 12" wide utilizing the Accu-Slice band saw accessory. Slices as thin as 0.010" thick can be sliced from 12" wide boards with an accuracy of 0.002" in thickness on all the edges of the sliced board. The sliced pboards are straight and all edges and surfaces are parallel. In addition the sliced board surface is much smoother than conventional wood resawing on the band saw requiring no plaining and minimal sanding of the board surfaces. In addition blade drift is eliminated since the wood being sliced is mounted to the Accu-Slice fence. This technique is used in producing thin veneers, matched book panels and other thin slices of wood. Also a comparison of different band saw blades to compare the finished resulting from these various band saw blades.

[@RosaStringWorks]

That is impressive.

[@Zioluideecreative]

incredible 👍 bravo 👏

[@dfs9442]

Prices are VERY difficult to understand

[@ulyk2677]

Wake me up when it's done - geeeeeeeeee

[@JohnSmith-qc6bq]

I couldn't understand what you were calling that first blade that made the very smooth cuts. Can you kindly elaborate? Thank you.

[@EverybonieLife]

Its efective to resawing top body Guitar

[@Joey-bq4hu]

What brand blade were you using (the first blade 8 tpi)?
Thx, Joey

[@bryanluis2132]

wow

[@dennisboyce813]

I sure like your setup. How do you think that it would do on some of the hardest wood like cocobolo for example? Would you be able to cut 8 to 9 inches high? Thanks

[@Accu-Slice]

We routinely cut hard woods including cherry, wenge,
katalox, oak and bubinga. Sorry but I no longer cut cocobolo since
I have developed allergies from it in the past, but it should work fine.
On our web site there are a number of videos describing the Accu-Slice
system. There is one video on cutting wide boards, in which we cut boards
up to 12” wide, and another video on cutting long boards, in which we cut some
boards up to 52” long.

[@Dave51262]

I guess this does not work if you have bandsaw drift, which most hobbyists have on their saws?

[@Accu-Slice]

With the Accu-Slice the band saw blade drift is eliminated. This has been shown in numerous of my videos. The reasons are as follows.
When you are ripping a board in the conventional manner using the fence on the band saw you will often see band saw blade drift. As you are pushing the board through the band saw fence while at the same time pushing the board against the fence the board will move from being perfectly flat against the fence. We refer to this as the lateral movement of the board. This is because your hand pressure of the board against the fence is changing, your body position is changing and you are probably tensing up a little as your fingers get close to the band saw blade. In addition the board may be slightly warped, twisted or cupped. In any case as soon as the board moves away from the fence, the back edge of the blade touches the inside of the kerf in the board you will start to get band saw blade drift. This is often seen as burn marks or shadow marks on the board and rough band saw blade marks.
With the Accu-Slice, the board is mounted to a fence on the Accu-Slice carriage and this carriage rides via ball bearing rollers on a linear rail. There is no lateral movement of the board. The only movement of the board is through the band saw blade. The kerf of the blade is wider than the back edge of the blade. As a result the back edge of the band saw blade never touches the inside kerf of the board and therefore you do not get any band saw blade drift. I show this in several of my videos.

[@Dave51262]

@@Accu-Slice Thanks. How thick is that 8 TPI Rake bandsaw blade? Looks like it works great!

[@thehumbleapprentice9250]

Just looked at your prices. Prohibitive.

[@thatguythatdoesstuff7448]

It's not a unique invention and it is easily replicated. I have been using 80/20 aluminum extrusions with bearing blocks carrying a sled to resaw and joint boards for well over five years.
I came across the aluminum extrusions after retrofitting a previous table saw that I had with the VSC Tools table saw fence.
The sled allows me to straighten boards quickly without a jointer. And much more quickly than doing it all by hand with hand planes. I simply run my board through the bandsaw on the sled I built, and then smooth the face of the jointed board with a hand plane. I then run that smooth face over the tall resawing fence that came with the bandsaw and I have two sides that are parallel.
From a typical 4/4 board, I get a 3/4 board that is parallel on two sides and a couple pieces of veneer that I can use on another project.

[@phooesnax]

@@thatguythatdoesstuff7448 What bearings do you use?

[@pawwalton2157]

@@phooesnax I used some old bearings I had from the kids Razor Scooter Replacement Wheels Set with Bearings. They worked great for the bandsaw wood slicer that I built last week. They worked fine. Only used 3 of the 4 bearings.