Resawing Ornaments Cut From 3/4-inch Stock

[BadBob]

I resaw toy parts a lot, so this might also work for an ornament. I cut these three from a piece of pine and resawed it into three pieces. I sanded the saw marks off using my Shopsmith belt sander.

Important: I cut slowly and carefully. It worked like a charm.

I don't know if I would try this with a round ornament, but if I could figure out a way to keep it from spinning, I might try it.

To be clear, I did not use my hands to push this through.

 

[BadBob]

If you set this up right, the last pass will shave off the pattern.

 

[Dave Monk]

I think I would resaw the wood and then stack cut them.

[don watson]

+1 for what Dave says

[TAIrving]

10 hours ago, BadBob said:

If you set this up right, the last pass will shave off the pattern.

 

I would shave off the pattern first, then...

[BadBob]

9 hours ago, Dave Monk said:

I think I would resaw the wood and then stack cut them.

That would be the conventional way to do it, but this method has advantages.

No tape, glue, or nails are needed.

You can cut in any order without concern for the layers of the stack coming loose. Cut the outside first if you like.

It is easy, fast, may save some wood, and produces good results with less work in my shop.

[Dave Monk]

5 hours ago, BadBob said:

That would be the conventional way to do it, but this method has advantages.

No tape, glue, or nails are needed.

You can cut in any order without concern for the layers of the stack coming loose. Cut the outside first if you like.

It is easy, fast, may save some wood, and produces good results with less work in my shop.

My luck after spending the time cutting it would break when resawing. 

[zimmerstutzen]

when my kids were very young, I would cut simple animal shapes and ornament shapes out of 2x 4's on my band saw and then re saw the shapes into three or 4 separate pieces. at that point I drilled holes for ornament hooks and turned the cut outs over to the kids to paint with their water colors.  It was something we did every year.  An ornament for each aunt, uncle, grandparent, teacher, etc and some for "our" rec room tree.    My ex wouldn't allow anything on the family Christmas tree except her fancy European hand blown glass ornaments, so I bought a cheap artificial tree that we put up in the rec room for their ornaments.   I still make a few dozen ornaments every year, give most away and put the rest on the family tree.   Not even close to the fancy stuff I see here, but designed and made by me.