Happy Anniversary present!! - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Cutting Cathy · 06-24-2007, 10:39 PM

Well, it's not your normal Anniversary gift, but then I've been told I'm a little abnormal!! We celebrated 12 wonderful years of wedded bliss yesterday and my other half handed me a gift bag. I took out the blue (workshop paper toweling) tissue paper and what was inside.... a band saw blade!! It didn't take me any time to figure out I had gotten a new band saw for my anniversary!!!

Saw2.jpg

It's a Jet 14 inch. I have had a band saw on my wish list for some time. I want to be able to resaw some of the thicker wood I have. I really waste a lot of wood by planing it down so much!!! Can anyone recommend a good book or website that explains the "finer points" of resawing wood?? This is all new to me!!

Cathy in NE

Gill · 06-24-2007, 11:17 PM

I thought the twelfth anniversary was linen (or sometimes silk) and pearl was the associated gem stone. For you, it's serrated steel associated with Jet

.

Many congratulations!

Gill

Mackem · 06-25-2007, 12:11 AM

Happy Anniversary Cathy, that's a great guy you got married too.

miamw · 06-25-2007, 12:35 AM

Congratulations, Cathy! That's a nice gift, except it's too clean! Where's the sawdust?

Greenfield_Bob · 06-25-2007, 01:08 AM

Happy Anniversary Cathy, that is a great gift.

Bob

Steviegwood · 06-25-2007, 01:14 AM

Well Happy Anniversary Cathy, what a nice gift for an abnormal person. (just kidding) Steve

lucky788scroller · 06-25-2007, 02:49 AM

Congrats Cathy. consider buying yourself the riser block kit for that saw before you invest much money in blades. You will like the extra depth since your plans include resawing. Also, get a good quality blade like those sold by www.suffolkmachinery.com for resawing. Go with a 1/2 inch by 3 tpi blade for that. I will see if I can dig up a few helpful links for you as well. If you dont get a riser kit for the saw, and I fine them, I might have a couple 95 inch blades around here from before I got the riser kit. Congrats on both your tools, the jet and the man who spoils you!!! Dale

lucky788scroller · 06-25-2007, 03:06 AM

Heres a simple tutorial http://www.woodshopdemos.com/bs-1.htm
A little more technical http://www.woodcraft.com/articles.aspx?articleid=347
Very good read http://www.americanfurnituredsgn.com...20Dec%2003.htm and lastly, a good book for you to look for http://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/p...ls.cfm?PC=2227 Hopefully that helps a little. I have the jet 14 with the closed base, its a nice saw, your gonna have fun with it! dale

Tor · 06-25-2007, 03:12 AM

Happy Anniversary. That is a tool I would like to have in my shop, provided it is good at resawing. Can't have too many species of veneer around, as I'm sure Gill would agree.

Congratulations on your new tool.

Tor

Minnesota scroller · 06-25-2007, 03:54 AM

Happy anniversary, you newly weds.

Also, congratulations on your new toy. Just watch the fingers.

06-24-2007, 10:39 PM	#1
Cutting Cathy Proud Grandma Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 565	Happy Anniversary present!! Well, it's not your normal Anniversary gift, but then I've been told I'm a little abnormal!! We celebrated 12 wonderful years of wedded bliss yesterday and my other half handed me a gift bag. I took out the blue (workshop paper toweling) tissue paper and what was inside.... a band saw blade!! It didn't take me any time to figure out I had gotten a new band saw for my anniversary!!! Saw2.jpg It's a Jet 14 inch. I have had a band saw on my wish list for some time. I want to be able to resaw some of the thicker wood I have. I really waste a lot of wood by planing it down so much!!! Can anyone recommend a good book or website that explains the "finer points" of resawing wood?? This is all new to me!! Cathy in NE

06-24-2007, 11:17 PM	#2
Gill Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,625	I thought the twelfth anniversary was linen (or sometimes silk) and pearl was the associated gem stone. For you, it's serrated steel associated with Jet . Many congratulations! Gill __________________ There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is readily adopted. (Schopenhauer, Die Kunst Recht zu Behalten)

06-25-2007, 12:11 AM	#3
Mackem Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: sunderland. england Posts: 766	Happy Anniversary Cathy, that's a great guy you got married too. __________________ kevin/pitbull.

06-25-2007, 12:35 AM	#4
miamw Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 461	Congratulations, Cathy! That's a nice gift, except it's too clean! Where's the sawdust? __________________ Mia We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams. Easy scrollin' with a DW788

06-25-2007, 01:08 AM	#5
Greenfield_Bob Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 1,417	Happy Anniversary Cathy, that is a great gift. Bob __________________ Delta P-20 & Q-3 Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

06-25-2007, 01:14 AM	#6
Steviegwood Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arthur, WV Posts: 2,145	Well Happy Anniversary Cathy, what a nice gift for an abnormal person. (just kidding) Steve __________________ If This HillBilly Can't Fix it Then it Ain't Broke!!! My Gallery steve03@frontiernet.net

06-25-2007, 02:49 AM	#7
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	Congrats Cathy. consider buying yourself the riser block kit for that saw before you invest much money in blades. You will like the extra depth since your plans include resawing. Also, get a good quality blade like those sold by www.suffolkmachinery.com for resawing. Go with a 1/2 inch by 3 tpi blade for that. I will see if I can dig up a few helpful links for you as well. If you dont get a riser kit for the saw, and I fine them, I might have a couple 95 inch blades around here from before I got the riser kit. Congrats on both your tools, the jet and the man who spoils you!!! Dale

06-25-2007, 03:06 AM	#8
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	Heres a simple tutorial http://www.woodshopdemos.com/bs-1.htm A little more technical http://www.woodcraft.com/articles.aspx?articleid=347 Very good read http://www.americanfurnituredsgn.com...20Dec%2003.htm and lastly, a good book for you to look for http://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/p...ls.cfm?PC=2227 Hopefully that helps a little. I have the jet 14 with the closed base, its a nice saw, your gonna have fun with it! dale

06-25-2007, 03:12 AM	#9
Tor Mad Marqueteur Join Date: May 2007 Location: The "Green Side" in Hawaii Posts: 1,528	Happy Anniversary. That is a tool I would like to have in my shop, provided it is good at resawing. Can't have too many species of veneer around, as I'm sure Gill would agree. Congratulations on your new tool. Tor __________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Garden Island Marqueteur http://www.fineartmarquetry.com

06-25-2007, 03:54 AM	#10
Minnesota scroller Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SW MN Posts: 1,706	Happy anniversary, you newly weds. Also, congratulations on your new toy. Just watch the fingers. __________________ Mike Making sawdust with a Dremel 1680. www.picturetrail.com/naturephotos

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