cutting backing lams

[don s]

for those of you that use a bandsaw to cut backing lams, how do you do it? 1)mark the board and freehand it? 2) use a fence? don

[PEARL DRUMS]

Fence, then clean up the sawn side on a planer.

[JamesV]

I rip mine on a tablesaw then run thur the planer

[matts2]

I used a bandsaw to cut lams the first time yesterday.  Used a fence and it worked great and doesn't waste as much wood as a table saw.  Can get extra lams out of a piece that usually turn into saw dust on a table saw.

[don s]

i finally had some decent weather so i ripped that osage board that i bought not too long ago. i got 4 slats out of it. 3 are 1 1/2 wide and 1 is 1 1/4 wide. then i put the 1/2 inch blade i bought on my bandsaw and cut a 1/8 hickory backing strip from a 1 1/2 wide x 1 thick x 72" long piece i have. i don't have a planer. as far as a sander goes. all i have is a belt sander. i guess that will have to do. the first piece will be ok because it has the finished face of the board that i cut it from. i'll use that for the glue surface. i want to start on a HBO. don

[Ranger44]

I just cut my first few strips of backing on the band saw a short time ago.  I set up a fence using a 2X4 and it works fine.  You just have to do some trial and error with the fence as most times it needs to be at a small angle to the blade rather than parallel like on the table saw.  Band saw blades have a tendency to run at a slight angle towards the fence and the board will wander if it is parallel to the blade.

I got 4 strips from a 1X2X72" hickory board.  I ended up with two strips with "factory" sides on one side and the others needed some finishing up with either a sander or planer.

[macbow]

I use the bandsaw like the others and I have a planer.
Don you might consider a hand electric planer. They can be as little as $40.00
Ron

[don s]

Originally posted by macbow:
I use the bandsaw like the others and I have a planer.
Don you might consider a hand electric planer. They can be as little as $40.00
Ron

thanks, i'll look into it. don

[razorsharptokill]

Bandsaw with fence then planer.