Ethanswers Cutting a 0.015" Bandsaw Veneer + Using The Reverse Ripper

[@kristophermarsh9400]

Well done

[@seaotter52]

Couldn't you just have put the MDF in originally and used it from the beginning using tape or other adhesives to stick the veneer wood on? If you knew you wanted to maximize your veneers, set it up that way from the beginning. Saves a tooling change

[@timthomas9105]

I thought the same thing. Not just the tooling change, a wasted cut.

[@deniindrajaya8709]

Awesome tools

[@kientran6545]

What is that band saw? And How i can buy Reverse Ripple?

[@nickjones6127]

In one of your videos you do away with bandsaw guides and get a no drift cut. Do you eliminate the bottom guide as well or just the top?

[@johnryan9907]

Hi Ethan, I've had my Little Ripper for 2 years on a Rikon 326, just love it. Now I need to resaw a 6' cherry board. Any suggestions on how I could use the Ripper to do this?

[@DKWalser]

Ethan -- Could you provide a comparison of the Little Ripper with the Accu-Slice? The little Ripper seems better for producing lumber from logs and the Accu-Slice better at producing, ah, accurate slices. Thoughts?

[@Maxb49]

How much does the little ripper cost?

[@rickwize1182]

Can you show (in more detail) how you attached the wasteboard to the little ripper?

[@StockroomSupply]

Hey Rick, I've made a note to do a video on that! The next two weeks are already spoken for but we will fit it in :). It is fairly straight forward though. I use a piece of 3/4" MDF cut to 15" x 6". I attach it to the back of the Little Ripper using 5/8" round head screws by using existing holes in the back of the Ripper frame. Thanks for the video idea! Ethan

[@rickwize1182]

Thanks

[@michaelagnew7825]

What about removing the last piece, Im sure separating it from the double sided tape isnt easy

[@JohnSmith-qc6bq]

I damn love it.

[@timthomas9105]

I've never done it before but I'm confused. If you can attach the board to the back with tape, why wouldn't you just start out with the board taped in place? Then you won't have to cut a trash piece in the middle of the board. You wasted an entire cut.

[@duncansampson8120]

im new to the bandsaw scene can you tell me what bandsaw you are using

[@StockroomSupply]

Hey Duncan that’s a Rikon 10-326 bandsaw

[@davexb6595]

What is 15 thou in real measurements? You know, I'm not 90 years old so I don't know what 0.015" is. P.S. I'm really impressed with the Little Ripper.

[@StockroomSupply]

Hey Dave, I grew up in a family of machinists and mechanics so I talk in thousands. 0.0015" = 0.381mm And thanks! Honestly it still impresses me every time I use it. Ethan

[@ozguzzi]

Fifteen tho is .015 , .0015 is a thou and a haft

[@StockroomSupply]

whops I added and extra zero! nice catch :) Yes 0.015" is fifteen thou

[@davexb6595]

Thank you. Excuse my sarcasm. I just see zero point in learning an outdated system that is only used by one country in the world. Millimetres I can understand. Any plans to appoint a distributor in Australia?

[@StockroomSupply]

As Canadians we share our only international border with the USA(well Denmark also but that's a different issue lol) and the USA is by far our largest trading partner. Long story short growing up Canada you learn both metric as well as imperial so we have a strange mashup of units we use. If you ask a Canadian how much they weigh we will tell you in pounds but if you ask them how fast they are driving we will tell you in Kilometers per hour. At this point we don't have a dealer in Australia but we do ship there semi frequently. If you'd like a quote send us an email! [e-mail]

[@Simonfrios]

how do you handle very large stock, like an 8 foot length of 12/4 ash that you need down to 8/4?

[@jacobbrown1690]

u buy a mill from one of the companies who make portable mills.

[@jacobbrown1690]

but then you are creating a fence and u have blade bind.

[@NorthernRAY1]

... Не плохо ! ) ...

[@befmx31]

Hold the phone! isn't this reverse set up just like resawing against a fence? In you other video, using a fence is what caused the blade drift! What gives?

[@StockroomSupply]

Hey there, The difference is the piece of wood that is mounted on the ripper can't move. When you are up against a fence the piece of wood is free to stress and moved...and bind the blade. Thanks for watching! Ethan

[@chrisjohnson6482]

@@StockroomSupply If the stress of the wood is enough to push the wood out in a normal resaw fence setup then the stress of hte wood is certainly enough to push off from the double-sided tape. It's not epoxy, it's just tape. This is definitely absolutely the same thing as just using a fence

[@mrmrmanman7845]

@@chrisjohnson6482 I have to disagree here. Also, your statement is inconsistent. Yes, if he used epoxy to glue the wood to the MDF it would have been even sturdier. But a good double sided tape is still very strong - I have made the mistake of taping several plywood boards together "temporary". However, when trying to ply the boards apart, it stripped the wood of the plywood. I think you misunderstand the problem - one option is to let the wood rest up to a guide, the other is to fasten it to the guide.

[@chrisjohnson6482]

@@mrmrmanman7845 You misunderstand me. Tape is squishy and has give. Epoxy is hard and rigid. You can compress the tape more with pressure, but you can't compress the epoxy more. Epoxy acts like more wood, but tape acts as a place for compression to be absorbed. Even the strongest double-sided tape you can still wiggle around a little

[@mrmrmanman7845]

@@chrisjohnson6482 I agree with that, but still I think that movement is minimal. Look at this video - similar method using an other setup: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l36Ql6yEi5hkZ80 .. He simply uses double sided tape.

[@jamesnichols5015]

So basically by reversing the jig you double as an Accu-Slice "like" device. best of both worlds I suppose.