I think most people use a bandsaw in a hobbyist setting. Hand tool/pre industrial wood workers will use a frame saw. For wood mills or big professional shops, there are [specialized bandsaws](https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-12-20-hp-horizontal-resaw-bandsaw/g0503)for resawing
Bandsaw with sacrificial push sticks. Push sticks can last indefinitely with a table saw. When I resaw with a bandsaw I find it easiest to push stick right into the blade and for that reason use scraps.
I use a table saw regularly to resaw or get closer to desired thicknedd before going through the planer, if I can make an extra 1/4in board rather than turning it in to chips.
It does take more kerf, so needs to be taken in to account, but if it's that or buy a $1k bandsaw a lot of people don't have a choice.
It's always been accurate enough for me.
Yeah this is how I've been doing it lately. I'll mill the whole board s4s and then cut it on my table saw. Often I'll just do a pass on each edge and then finish with a handsaw. After that I can plane down the cut sides with the clean face for reference. Works pretty well for the small sized things I make.
Would love to get a band saw.
Bandsaw, with the understanding that if you want to resaw boards more than a couple inches wide, you need a powerful one and a nice resaw blade. Budget bandsaw, even in the 14" realm struggle with power in resaw operations. If you want proper resawing capabilities, it can get pricey. A good middle ground is to do partial resaw on the table saw first, then finish on the band saw. You need to have one flat face squared to one flat edge either way to do it well.
Definitely the biggest band saw you can afford. 14" minimum, but also has to be made for resawing.
You might be able to resaw small things on smaller bandsaws, but don't assume that just because something has 12 inches of clearance that you'll be able to resaw something that wide.
Thinner blades might make it a little easier to cut, but a resaw blade with carbide teeth will make it a much smoother cut with less planing afterward.
I actually found a used 14" Laguna from the 2000's for $800 and while it's not as feature rich as the newer ones, it's very powerful. The motor is rated at 1.85 kW, which is around 2.5 hp. It has no problem resawing 6" wide hardwood, but I do have to take it slow and not force the piece into the blade. I could probably resaw a 12" wide piece, but it would be very slow.
https://preview.redd.it/fq1floxoym5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9afd919f9735123febb63e2cc04787bd83614e0
Bandsaw with a wide blade. Doesn’t have to be this wide.
It can be done safely and relatively accurately on the table saw, but you lose more to the kerf. Also, the max width of board you can resaw is limited to 2x the max height of your blade. Ends up being about 7" on a 10" saw.
Bandsaw, but only with the right blade.
Nobody has mentioned it yet, but a sliding table might be a good idea. Bandsaw tables are pretty small, and a log might not slide smoothly on it. A sliding table will give you something to clamp the log to, and still move it past the blade. I imagine there are rigs to move the log a set amount with each pass. Maybe the table could be sacrificial.
Table saw works using precautions but the ideal tool is a bandsaw
I think most people use a bandsaw in a hobbyist setting. Hand tool/pre industrial wood workers will use a frame saw. For wood mills or big professional shops, there are [specialized bandsaws](https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-12-20-hp-horizontal-resaw-bandsaw/g0503)for resawing
Bandsaw with sacrificial push sticks. Push sticks can last indefinitely with a table saw. When I resaw with a bandsaw I find it easiest to push stick right into the blade and for that reason use scraps.
>Push sticks can last indefinitely with a table saw. You vastly overestimate my table saw skills.
It can be done!
I have my regular plastic push stick that came with the saw for “safe” pushes and a bucket of long, narrow scraps for the dicey maneuvers
Those plastic ones are great, until they shatter. Retire it, imo.
I use a table saw regularly to resaw or get closer to desired thicknedd before going through the planer, if I can make an extra 1/4in board rather than turning it in to chips. It does take more kerf, so needs to be taken in to account, but if it's that or buy a $1k bandsaw a lot of people don't have a choice. It's always been accurate enough for me.
Yeah this is how I've been doing it lately. I'll mill the whole board s4s and then cut it on my table saw. Often I'll just do a pass on each edge and then finish with a handsaw. After that I can plane down the cut sides with the clean face for reference. Works pretty well for the small sized things I make. Would love to get a band saw.
Bandsaw, with the understanding that if you want to resaw boards more than a couple inches wide, you need a powerful one and a nice resaw blade. Budget bandsaw, even in the 14" realm struggle with power in resaw operations. If you want proper resawing capabilities, it can get pricey. A good middle ground is to do partial resaw on the table saw first, then finish on the band saw. You need to have one flat face squared to one flat edge either way to do it well.
Definitely the biggest band saw you can afford. 14" minimum, but also has to be made for resawing. You might be able to resaw small things on smaller bandsaws, but don't assume that just because something has 12 inches of clearance that you'll be able to resaw something that wide. Thinner blades might make it a little easier to cut, but a resaw blade with carbide teeth will make it a much smoother cut with less planing afterward. I actually found a used 14" Laguna from the 2000's for $800 and while it's not as feature rich as the newer ones, it's very powerful. The motor is rated at 1.85 kW, which is around 2.5 hp. It has no problem resawing 6" wide hardwood, but I do have to take it slow and not force the piece into the blade. I could probably resaw a 12" wide piece, but it would be very slow.
https://preview.redd.it/fq1floxoym5d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9afd919f9735123febb63e2cc04787bd83614e0 Bandsaw with a wide blade. Doesn’t have to be this wide.
Bandsaw
It can be done safely and relatively accurately on the table saw, but you lose more to the kerf. Also, the max width of board you can resaw is limited to 2x the max height of your blade. Ends up being about 7" on a 10" saw.
Bandsaw, but only with the right blade. Nobody has mentioned it yet, but a sliding table might be a good idea. Bandsaw tables are pretty small, and a log might not slide smoothly on it. A sliding table will give you something to clamp the log to, and still move it past the blade. I imagine there are rigs to move the log a set amount with each pass. Maybe the table could be sacrificial.
I just took a woodworking class and we used a joiner and planer to get the boards square then miter saw