Looking for a guide in cutting wood strips with mini saw (Byrnes)

[Loracs]

Hello all, I'm an absolute beginner at basic wood working. So please excuse this basic question. Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

I would like to purchase the Byrnes mini saw. However, before I make the purchase, I would like to get a good idea what I'm getting into... or simply outsource it.

 

The main need initially would be making strips at 1-2 mm thick and from 1-5 mm wide (pear, boxwood, mahogany, etc.). How do you even get started with stock lumber? how it is it cut precisely without saw mark and perfect thickness/wideness.  Is there a very good tutorial, written and/or video? What are the tricks and the difficulties?

[Y.T.]

 

Here is what I have.

 

 

Byrnes Saw Operation.pdf

[Loracs]

@Y.T.,  OH! nice let me read thru this. a thousand thanks.

[ERS Rich]

Watch plenty of Youtube videos on how to use a table saw.  Same principles apply to the Bynes saw.

 

Bynes saw is high quality, that being said any machine may or will leave saw marks that need to be removed.  Good luck.

[Y.T.]

36 minutes ago, ERS Rich said:

any machine may or will leave saw marks that need to be removed.  Good luck.

You mean even after making planks on Byrnes saw one must use Byrnes thickness sander to make planks look good?

[bruce d]

6 hours ago, Y.T. said:

You mean even after making planks on Byrnes saw one must use Byrnes thickness sander to make planks look good?

If you use the right blade and feed rate the results from the saw are splendid. I keep a very fine sanding block (the sponge type) by the saw and as a habit passed each plank gently across it. Any tiny burrs are dealt with this way, but I have not found it necessary to do further surface finishing. 

 

HTH 

Bruce 

 

 

[ERS Rich]

13 hours ago, Y.T. said:

You mean even after making planks on Byrnes saw one must use Byrnes thickness sander to make planks look good?

Hello Y.T.,

 

Great question.  A light pass with 220 sandpaper will remove any tool or saw blade marks.

 

The thickness sander is used to make dimensional changes.  For example reduce the thickness of a sheet from 3/64” to 1/32”, then cut individual planks from that sheet on the table saw.

 

Or say you have 1/4” x 1/4” square stock, the thickness sander could be used to take off 1/16” on one face to make the stock 1/4” x 3/16” - the table saw could also do this job.  

 

I do not have a thickness sander in my shop.

 

[ERS Rich]

P.S. highly recommend the sliding table for the Byrnes saw.