Which Saw would Work Best in this Situation?

[y'sguy]

ok, well never mind then.

 

[kailor]

I really do appreciate all of the replies...

 

[hefnerconstructionlc]

Use the material for something it is better suited for. Just buy red oak flooring if that is the look you want. Even if you were fortunate enough to rip enough material you are still going to need a powerful shaper to cut the tongue and groove on the edges. Not a fun task with red oak. Not to mention red oak smells like burning poop when milled.

 

[lardy1]

In my experience, you'll have a hard time finding a business to run reclaimed wood through their machines without an exorbitant premium for it. Knives are expensive. I would also suggest that if you don't already have the tools and at least some experience you aren't going to save any money unless you completely ignore the time factor.

 

[jar944]

Use the material for something it is better suited for. Just buy red oak flooring if that is the look you want. Even if you were fortunate enough to rip enough material you are still going to need a powerful shaper to cut the tongue and groove on the edges. Not a fun task with red oak. Not to mention red oak smells like burning poop when milled.

Best to just skip the shaper and go with a moulder like I posted earlier. Need to be a 5 or 6 head unless the op is going to run prepped moulding blanks.

Op should be able to get a deal on a old profimat for under 10k


Perfect flooring machine

 

[Beerhippie]

Use the material for something it is better suited for. Just buy red oak flooring if that is the look you want. Even if you were fortunate enough to rip enough material you are still going to need a powerful shaper to cut the tongue and groove on the edges. Not a fun task with red oak. Not to mention red oak smells like burning poop when milled.

Firewood?

 

[Hohn]

I don't suggest the general public operate a Makita 16-5/16 beam saw without training, let alone try to resaw an oak 2x6 with one.

I can see the ER docs telling stories already.

 

[RegeSullivan]

Firewood?

Just because it's not straight enough for flooring doesn't mean it's firewood. Most of my projects don't require lumber over 36". I'd cry if I watched some turn oak into ash just because it's not suited for flooring. It kills me to see guys let stacks of lumber rot because they don't have proper storage available.

 

[BTL-A4]

I have a great deal of "true" 2 x 4 and 2 x 6 rough sawn oak lumber from which I'd like to make flooring for a backyard office. Most boards are warped, cupped and/or bowed to a degree. What saw could be used to best slice each board in half...in other words a 2 x 6 x 12' would become two 1 x 6 x 12' boards? I imagine a jig of some sort would be involved. TIA.

What you're asking to do is called resawing. It can be done on a bandsaw with a wider blade. To echo what others have said, you will not usually get 2 boards out of one if the boards are not true. You CAN get one nice one though. Plus a whole pile of sawdust. At best you will have one good board and one really skinny board. Please do not use any sort of handsaw; you're asking for a trip to the emergency room.
I've resawn boards on my table saw, but they were pretty straight and not very wide.

You cannot use a jointer on opposing sides of a board; you will get a wedge. I used to teach woodshop and the students would try this and get a really nice wedge.

The proper way is to joint one face and one edge on a jointer (the board should lie flat), then plane it to thickness with a planer, then rip it to the correct width with a table saw (jointed edge against fence) then cross cut it to length with a table saw (or miter saw).

Could you post some photos of the wood?