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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: band vs table saws
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 16:51:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 16:51:58 1985
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Summary: 

I personally don't have a need for a bandsaw, but occasionally I lust
after one. The only real advantage of a band saw is to resaw lumber,
and to make veneer.

Because I don't have a bandsaw (or a jointer or thickness planer) I
usually buy lumber already finished on two sides and maybe rip it to
length. I have to pay a lot more money for this lumber. I can only use
lumber in standard thicknesses, when something inbetween would be
nicer.

I have seen "old time" woodworkers resaw boards by hand using a bow
saw. It was like watching magic.

I don't know whether radial arm saws are any more dangerous than table
saws. They certainly appear that way.
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  Marty Sasaki				net:   sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
  Havard University Science Center	phone: 617-495-1270
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