Resawing without a bandsaw?
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(02-26-2021, 07:05 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: The problem with cutting distant kerfs, especially deep kerfs, is that you end up with bumps/rises, on the material. It is not a smooooooth bend/arc

I decided to cut the kerfs in my test piece every 4".  That bent easily enough and it feels smooth.  I need to avoid the finger joints, though, because it failed when one of the kerfs was over it.  I'm going to try a shallower kerf so I don't need to make trim to hide the kerfs.

   

I also tried to cold bend it and I didn't get far before the board gave out at one of the finger joints with a bang!
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#21
Cake.  I only had to cut 2/3 of the way down so with the panels in place, you don't see the kerf.  Apparently the arc is steeper in the middle so I cut the kerfs 1" apart and as I went out, changed to 2" and finally 3" apart.

   
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#22
Glad that worked out, how did you cut the kerfs? Will you be covering it with a piece of trim?
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(02-27-2021, 12:14 PM)fredhargis Wrote: Glad that worked out, how did you cut the kerfs? Will you be covering it with a piece of trim?

I used a speed square and a circular saw set to 1/2".  There won't be any trim.  To hide the kerf, I will rip off one half of the groove (this is 3/4" T&G flooring) using my track saw to form a rabbet and then hold a decorative panel in place from the back with washers and screws.
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#24
Did you have the finger joints glued when they gave it up, or just a dry run?
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(02-27-2021, 06:37 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: Did you have the finger joints glued when they gave it up, or just a dry run?

The finger joints were already glued up.  That's how I bought them from the store.

I just finished up the frame tonight.  I forget to leave my two end stiles full height.  Oh, well.  I formed stub tenons on the ends of my stiles with my track saw, and glued and pocket screwed them into the groove.  It's just clamped on there now.  I need to work on the panels next.  I'm going to kerf the back of my plywood panels, too.

Thanks for all the ideas.

   
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#26
I'm happy it all worked out. It looks like an attractive piece of furniture. It just goes to show how many different ways there are to reach a final outcome. While there were some "easier" or quicker ways to do it, you worked with the tools you had and made it happen. I'm building a couple of Stickley dressers for my kids and I don't know how many times I imagined a tool that would make a task go much faster (pass-through sander or riser on the bandsaw), but hand tools, time, and some ingenuity have gotten the job done.

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#28
It looks very nice!
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