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I have this new piece of Sapele viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=42631 and I found someone local to re-saw it and my first thought was to just get as many thin pieces as I could and call it good, but if I just do that I'll end up with (let's say) 6 back pieces and 12 side pieces, since it's 10" wide I can double up the side pieces.

But I don't need 6 additional side pieces so then I thought I'd cross cut it at say 20", for the tops, get as many as I can out of that 20" piece, rip the rest in half at 5", re-saw one piece of that and save the other approx. 36" x 5" piece for a neck or possibly two.

Are there any other ways you might proceed?

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Be a shame not to get a neck or two out of that lovely sapele, IMO. But if you're talking bout cutting just for tops and necks, not backs and sides, that'd be a deal breaker to me. I think I'd want back and sides out of that sapele first, then figure out what to do with what's left over.
But I'm interested what others with more experience might say. Guys that have done this dance a few times might have a better idea how to saw it up.

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Hey Mike thanks for the reply. I think my post was a bit confusing. I want backs and sides not tops.

If I just re-saw the whole thing and get as many thin pieces as possible I'll have (let's say) 6 pieces all 10 1/2" wide by 56" long. I can then slice that up for backs and sides BUT that will give me 6 pieces for backs (10 1/2" X 20") and 12 pieces for sides (5 1/4" X 36"). I can't think of what I'd do with those 6 extra pieces of side material.

If I cross cut the piece at 20", re-saw that, then rip the remainder in 2 I'll have 2 pieces 5 1/4 x 36". If I then re-saw one of those pieces I'll have my 6 side pieces and a ripped piece that's still 5 1/4" x 36" I can use for a neck, maybe 2.

That last feels like the best strategy but it's time to sleep on it I guess.

Thanks again for the reply.

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If you slice it up into 6 pieces 10 1/2 X 56 you could take two of the pieces and cut two 20 inch backs out of each , 1 back each out of the remaining 4, and eight sides out of the four remaining 10 1/2 X 36 inch pieces. That would give you eight back pieces and eight sides and some short pieces for headplates or whatever. It might make life easier on the resawyer

This is what I would do with it. If I recall you say the piece is 1.75" thick. Slice that 5.25" x 36" piece into two 3/4" thick 5.25"x 36" neck blanks(that's assuming 1/8" saw kerf).

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I don't know if you are interested in ukuleles, but the extra sides would be used for ukes. Or cut them into uke sets and sell them to a uke builder.

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Before you cut only two 20" backs out of a 56" x 10" board, make a pattern and see if you can flip the pattern so that the small bouts partially overlap and you may find that you can easily get three backs (or tops).

Is just a chunk of wood, do what thou wilt with the sucker.

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Just slice-up the whole thing, full size. yes, you'll have more sides than backs, but that means you can break one or two and not be in trouble. Plus, Sapele is so consistent in color and grain that the next time you find a similar board, you can use the extra sides with that one...

Plus, you never know if you'll get a hankering to build something different at some point, like a Weissenberg or a harp guitar or...