I am hoping to make some winding sticks from sapele based on those described in George Ellis’ Modern Practical Joinery. The sticks he describe taper being 1/8" wide at the top and 3/8" at the bottom, 1 3/4" deep and 16" long.
I was thinking of making sticks 600mm long, 50mm deep, 15mm wide at the bottom and 6mm wide at the top. I’ve drawn a diagram below to help explain.
I was thinking it would be good to use the bandsaw to re-saw a piece of sapele I have to get the taper. Would this be feasible? I have reviewed the tool page for the bandsaw and was wondering if any of the @woodtechs would be able to assess me to use the machine?
Hiya - if I were you I would probably look at doing this by hand. If bandsaws are sharply tuned you can get them close to this (but you’d end up finishing it by hand anyway), and it’s hard to keep ours that tuned - although it’s absolutely fine for general resawing purposes.
This would be a good cut with a Japanese saw and a bit of patience, leaving enough meat on the material to let you plane the finished face clean.
