Building A Bandsaw Resaw Fence

Set the bandsaw fence at the correct angle it sounds crazy but on most bandsaws you have to angle the stock to make a straight cut.

Building a bandsaw resaw fence.

It s best to use the resaw fence together with the stock rip fence because every bandsaw has something called drift angle a tendency to cut right or left not straight ahead. This is definitely the way to go when it comes to building a fence for your bandsaw or even for your drill press possibly another machine in the shop. Visit my amazon affiliate store for tools i use in this video. Of course you will have to custom fit the fences to different machinery but it probably isn t designed the way you would think.

Finding this drift angle and setting the fence to match it is crucial to successful re sawing. Start by marking a straight line on a scrap board parallel to its edge. The designer began by gluing pieces of plywood together to create the fence then ripped them at a 45 angle cutting both front and back rail guides to match.