I rip exclusively on the band saw unless I'm trying to straight line lumber. Every board goes to the jointer regardless of where I rip. The band saw never kicks back and has better dust collection since my slider doesn't have overhead dust collection.?
I've been doing it this way for about 12 years now and definitely prefer it over standard ripping at the table saw.?
On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 10:58 AM imranindiana <imranindiana@...> wrote:
Over the years I have read here that some people prefer ripping on the bandsaw. I guess the poster may not have a slider, but I think that is a minority here. Anyhow, in case I am missing something, why would one carry out a basic rip routinely on the bandsaw when you have a slider?
I know ripping on the bandsaw is safer but I consider my slider pretty safe especially with dry lumber which most of us use most of the times. Special case of suspect wood or green wood could go to the bandsaw, fine.
There is less waste on bandsaw but in general, for me, that is not a consideration 99% of the times.
Then the obvious advantage of supporting heavy & long lumber on the slider without any extra effort. So what am I missing?
