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Nice Chris,just recently purchased a Diablo blade and man was I impressed.Wonder what is the name of your bandsaw .Think that may also be part of the reason for your nice cuts.Have a old 14" delta myself and does not cut as good as yours.Very impressed with cuts especially the lacewood.Keep up the good work ,always interesting.

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It's a 14" Rikon. It seems like the harder the wood the cleaner it cuts. I should have mentioned tha the Woodslicer is a 3-4 TPI with about a .030" kerf. And also as you know the Diabloe is a thin kerf about 1/16" kerf. Waste not Want not.

I've been using the 1/2" woodslicer from Highland Woodworking for a number of years on my lowly 12" Shopsmith with impressive results.
http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1293&HS=1
Ebony seems to be the woodslicer's nemesis but I suppose that is true with any steel blade.
Probably ought to look at carbide for ebony but then the kerf width starts increasing.
Nelson P.S. Resawing ebony is one of my least favorite shop tasks.

Thanks for doing these videos, Chris. Every time I watch one, I learn something. This time, it's that fence hugging push stick on your table saw. Very slick. I'm heading down to make one today.

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That fence push stick comes in real handy for ripping 1/4" braces. Althought it will slice the push sick.
I've only resawed this ebony into 1/16" veneer but didn't notice any problem.

Bravo.

I wonder if anyone has looked into doing the laser cuts (like the diablo has) on band saw blades to help with the heat issues. I know there would be strength/integrity questions, but might still be an interesting idea.

-Matthew

I've been using a 1/2" Woodslicer on a 14" Grizzly with a riser. I really like that blade, it pretty much makes resawing a reasonable thing to do on that saw.

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If you are doing a lot of resawing, a Lennox carbide blade is the way to go. When sawing jumbo sets in difficult woods with the Woodslicer, you could feel it become duller with each cut. The carbide just keeps on going. Of course you pay for it.......

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Yeah, this isn't for commercial use and at a modest cost. I would like to have a carbide blade but just don't do enough resawing to justify the cost of one right now. If I was I'd probable have a 18" setup just for resawing. And the .030" kerf is nice too. I've cut 8 or more set's of sides and backs so far and it's still cut's fine as you can see. So not a bad blade for $30 for the non pro.

Chris--The Woodslicer does a beatiful job on ebony for the first several cuts but then starts dulling rather rapidly as Jon mentions above.
It's probably the "cost of doing business" when resawing ebony. The narrow kerf is definitely a plus with any expensive wood such as ebony.
Nice job on the videos!
Nelson