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Ripping vs Resawing - is there a reason for the difference?
Resawing is a type of rip cut (always, without exception). The reason for the different terms is that ripping cuts are all cuts along the grain but not all rip cuts are resawing.
Resawing, as the ...
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Ripping vs Resawing - is there a reason for the difference?
I could see these concepts getting confusing because there is some correlation between the two.
As discussed in this answer ripping or a rip cut is:
With the rip cut, you cut along the grain
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Ripping vs Resawing - is there a reason for the difference?
There is a distinction because the actions are different. You must make considerably different considerations when resawing than when ripping, and those considerations are not specific to the grain ...
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