Bandsawn Nesting Boxes

This is actually two videos in one! In the first part, Nick shows how to set up your band saw for precise resawing, keeping the re-sawn wooden slabs at a consistent thickness and the block from which you are cutting them square and true. The second part shows how to use this set-up to cut the parts to make "nesting" boxes -- a collection of matching boxes that fit or "nest" inside one another. These can all be cut from a single block of wood, or a block that you assemble from several wood species to create a decorative pattern like the wooden "ribbons" shown here. Watch the first part for some great tips on resawing, and the second for a simple project you can make from scraps or firewood.
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00:00 Into
01:04 Choosing a Bandsaw Blade
02:57 Tensioning the Blade
05:34 Positioning Fence on Bandsaw
08:08 Making Nesting Boxes - Preparing the Stock
11:49 Resawing and Assembling Parts
17:05 Finished Boxes
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Those boxes are neat. Your assembly table and ShopSmith as a disk sander did a nice job of helping out on this project. The assembly table is definitely on my list of jigs to build. I also have ShopSmith envy, but probably don't have the space for one.

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You can cut them down. There is no better sanding station than a Shopsmith with a belt sander attachment. Put the drill chuck on the belt sander PTO and you can add flutter sheets, drum sander, pneumatic drums, etc. as needed.

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They turned out amazing 👍 Thanks for such an informative explanation on everything as well as setting up the bandsaw too

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Those boxes are a beautiful present in themselves.

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I had a piece of curly cherry 1/2” x 81/2” and my local woodcraft store employees a luthier and he re-sawed it to perfection so I ended up with two book matched panels exactly the same thickness for a guitar top. I don’t think I could have gotten that result and this video helps me understand what’s he had to do.m. Thanks for posting

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