I just inherited an extremely nice, practically like-new bandsaw and it's a massive upgrade from what I had before.
One major benefit now is the resaw capability. I'm excited about the potential to resaw wood for prepping all parts of my mandolins--tops, sides, necks, etc. But that's not what this post is about...
In studying resaw technique I see what appear to be conflicting approaches regarding which side of the blade the original stock is on on which side the cut stock is on. My initial assumption was that you dial in the bandsaw fence to the width of stock you want, run the wood through so that the original stock is on the outside of the blade and the cut piece (to the width you determined with the fence) is still against the fence. However, I am also seeing the opposite approach: original stock against the fence with the cut piece falling off to the outside of the blade.
Is there a "right" way to do this? Or is it really just preference?
Thanks,
Mark
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