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I came across a piece of HOG I am going to resaw & I am wondering what is the thinness I should go after it is sanded? Am I correct that no one would build with anything thicker than .125 back & sides?
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Mike McNerney

Certainly not sides.

I'm not sure what you're asking.

Are you asking what thickness to cut the slices at?

What finished thickness should I sand the backs & sides to if I want to sell them and the width of the sides?

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Mike McNerney

I remember years ago tops always came in quite thick and I did like that but understand that it's a waste and you should try and get everything you can out of it. I would personally like 1/8th to be the minimum without any saw marks for backs and sides.

I always preferred to cut them 1/8" to even 3/16. I never would sand to finished thickness, because you want to glue the back together thick and then sand the whole back. Saw marks don't mean much to me...
Ribs can be cut thinner.

I sell a bit of wood from time to time. For just resawing of a single critical piece, you can take the time to really saw thin. For any kind of production work, I find resawing thicker comes out way ahead in the long run. I'm often running koa stock through my resaw with a power feed for hours at a time. You can easily lose a whole set if the stock tweaks at all or a piece of bark or wood splinter gets behind the stock when resawing. My specs are about 5.3-5.5m mm off the saw and then sanded to 4mm with no saw marks for selling. That thickness gives both the experienced and inexperience builder enough to do most anything they want.

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thanks all. I am proceeding
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Mike McNerney

What types of wood sets are you thinking about selling, Mike? Those of us in Ontario are curious!

Alex

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For backs, I like a minimum sanded thickness of 0.130". This allows for some misalignment during joining. Sides can be a little thinner...sanded to 0.100" works fine.

Tops are generally sawn thicker than backs, especially if the sawing is done while the wood is green. The extra thickness can come in handy when joining or installing the rosette.

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John

Most of what I have bought were 150 thou (0.150"). This allows for various imperfections.

Bob