Good Morning Friends,

If you are going to process a re-saw on your table saw how high do you start the saw blade to start the chore?

Slightly less than half the width of the board. When finished with both edges, there will be a small "center" holding the pieces together. This can be separated  with a hand saw or band saw.

 

The table saw could also be used for a prep cut when the piece is going to be re-sawed on the band saw. Raising the blade only about an 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch and then "scoring" the edge of the piece. This gives the band saw blade a place to track and a visual reference for the cut.

I'm backing Lew again. He is right on.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

I've been going just a hair past the middle.    As long as both edges are parallel and the blade is exactly vertical, shouldn't be much of a problem.  I want some place for the sawdust to go when I do the second cut.   Leaving a little ridge down the middle just invites the kerf to close back up, causing kick back.

Good Morning Fellows,

You have given some good answers in the different methods for re-sawing of a board and personally since I never glue up boards wider than 4" I can make the cut in three passes, simply by flipping the board over end for end with the blade set at the same height and then the final pass to remove the center web by raising the blade up high enough to remove the thin web that is holding at the center of the board. Never attempt to use a feather board on this type of cut.