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Gang rip table saw ?

Nails | Posted in Tools for Home Building on November 8, 2006 03:41am

All………Using Basswood 1in thick , 4 to 12in wide, need to rip to 5/16ths widths (8ft long). Anyone set up a regular table saw with mutiple blades or know of distributer that sells a dedicated saw for this purpose…..Sure could use your help or advice. ………Thanks Much

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  1. raymond128 | Nov 08, 2006 03:54am | #1

    Hey nails, What about putting the wood through a planer/joiner. you may have to sent it through a few times to get it down to the thickness you want, but it should work. Just a thought/

    Good luck.
    Raymond

    1. Nails | Nov 08, 2006 04:07am | #2

      Hey Ray....I musta said it wrong . I have an 8ft long board that I need to cut into 5/16ths strips 8ft long...........thanks for replying

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        bobl | Nov 08, 2006 04:10am | #3

        EZ repeater? 

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        1. davidwood | Nov 08, 2006 05:08pm | #10

          EZ Hydra?

           

          4 saws on the ez rails and a blower for the dust.

          160 LF per minute. 9.600 LF per hour???

           

           

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          Call Dino at eurekazone.

          They do make special systems for special applications.

          David.

  2. USAnigel | Nov 08, 2006 05:45am | #4

    Each blade you add will increase the load on the motor. You might be able to use 7 1/4" blades ganged with the right width spacer. I might be tempted to use  hardboard to do this, cut with a hole saw.

  3. reinvent | Nov 08, 2006 06:07am | #5

    There are all kinds of dedicated gang rip saws out there. But they are big and pricey. How much do you need to rip. If it is not in the thousands of feet then I would suggest that you mount a power feeder to the saw you have. Also get a real good quality rip blade, like Stehle,Gladu, or FS tool. Otherwise look at saws like this...

    http://www.exfactory.com/seephoto.aspx?photo=RG/28026805.JPG&recnum=RG%2D280268

    1. Nails | Nov 08, 2006 12:03pm | #6

      re. re........thanks for comments , have about 4000 pcs to cut , will try couple of71/4 blades with spacers and buy a feeder for my table saw ....I'll just let er rip.......$14,000 for a dedicated saw!!!!....I'm pretty sure my bank account is not that dedicated.    :)

      1. reinvent | Nov 08, 2006 03:28pm | #7

        Why are you getting 7.25" blades? Also get thin kirf if you are going to 'gang' them together. But I suspect you will only be able to fit two blades on the arbor. You should also space them more than 5/16 because you will likely get some blade wobble and want to plane them down.

        Edited 11/8/2006 7:34 am ET by reinvent

        1. chile_head | Nov 08, 2006 05:21pm | #11

          I've used 7 1/4 freud framing blades in my saw (cheap delta) to do some ripping. Their tooth profile (ATB) is almost identical to Freud's rip blades, and they have an extremely (around .055", if I remember right) narrow kerf.

          Also, a smaller diameter blade will have less wobble/deflection at the outside than a larger blade, which helps to offset the disadvantages of a narrow kerf.

      2. RedfordHenry | Nov 19, 2006 05:20am | #14

        Just curious what are you doing with 4000 strips of basswood?

        1. MisterT | Nov 20, 2006 02:09am | #15

          I hope it is not a boat!!!

          A fisherman/lobsterman/boatbuilder I knew in Maine had an old lath saw...

          had a ~20" arbor that could take a whole pile of blades...

          He said when it was running, 1 man feeding boards into it could BURY 3 men on the out feed side!!!"Dogs don't follow an emotional leader. They follow the dominant leader. We are the only species that follows an unstable leader. "

          Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer, in an interview in National Geographic Magazine

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            Sphere | Nov 20, 2006 02:58am | #16

            If it is a boat, I guess it would be a BASS boat...groan, snork..uurrp.

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          2. MisterT | Nov 20, 2006 03:36am | #17

            boo

             

             

             

             "Dogs don't follow an emotional leader. They follow the dominant leader. We are the only species that follows an unstable leader. "

            Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer, in an interview in National Geographic Magazine

        2. Nails | Dec 08, 2006 05:17pm | #18

          Red......Sorry for the late reply. I became involved with friends in the "Display" Fireworks industry and these "slats " are used in making flag 'set pieces' You have probably been to a fireworks show where the begining has an American Flag lit up.

          Either 7 or9 ,8ft pieces are are assembled horz. with twine , and headless pins stand proud in the wood ,to which 'lances' ( similar in size to a cig.) are pressed on and fused with an igniter. It is a very interesting industry and is strictly regulated in Illinois.

  4. tb1472000 | Nov 08, 2006 03:58pm | #8

    The Woodmaster Planers have the ability to do gang ripping.  Checkout http://www.woodmastertools.com/.  I attended a demonstration of someone making curved molding by gang ripping a board and gluing the pieces back into a curve.  They then ran it though the molding head of the planer.  It really worked out well.  If you go this route, get the higher HP motor.  It seems the demonstration had like 7 saw blades and sort of taxed the 5 HP motor.

  5. oldfred | Nov 08, 2006 05:05pm | #9

    Nails,

    A lot of saw mills and shingle mills  used to gang rip laths about that thickness.  You could check around to see if anyone in your area has knowledge of an old mill with what you need tucked away in a corner.

    oldfred

  6. Burts | Nov 08, 2006 05:49pm | #12

    I think that Davidwood has it right on this one.  The EZ setup similiar to the one in the video would work well.  Give Dino a call at Eurekazone, tell him what you need to do and I am sure that he will come up with a good solution.

  7. MikeHennessy | Nov 13, 2006 04:53pm | #13

    I use two blades in my TS all the time to make tennons. I use the outside blades of a dado set, spaced with hardboard, sheet steel and/or plywood, depending on the width of the tennon I am making. A smaller diameter blade will add power, since the teeth are closer to the arbor, and thin kerf blades will reduce the power needs further. Assuming you are not using hardwood, I see no reason why you couldn't use as many blades as will fit on your arbor and still leave room for the nut, which may be 2 or three. Make sure you pay close attention to how you will control the stock, especially on the outfeed side. Don't forget to leave some thickness for planing/sanding the stock after ripping.

    Mike Hennessy
    Pittsburgh, PA

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