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On Jan 24, 2022, at 7:54 AM, Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq. via groups.io <rohrabacher@...> wrote:

?I rip lumber on the band saw.? Ply and sheet stock can be ripped
anywhere.? I've never? heard of it closeing on the? blade. Certainly?
hasn't happened to me.

The advantages: Smaller Kerf, Never a care about kickback, Great DC, I
can rip thicker,? and it is faster.

I eschew all those safety gizmos? that people festoon their sliders and
table saws with.? Can't stand 'em ? Never could.

It as been my? experience that? Lumber whether kiln or air dried can
move. My first and only kickback was maybe 40 years ago on a cheesy
craftsman TS. I was making the neck for a Guitar from English Walnut.
Big piece of wood but that 0.75HP motor still manged to throw it at
me.?? It was then I took to the habit of dropping wedges into the cut?
on the lee side of the blade.

Recently? I've been working? 2" thick Black Walnut for a 9 foot table.?
It had been been sitting 5 years in a barn. It still moves.? I got all
my pieces squared jointed and planed and? got called away for a little
while and when I came back all the pieces had changed shape.


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On 1/23/22 11:58 AM, 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?

Imran