Timo Christ
09-11-2005, 6:41 AM
Creekers,
I dreamed up a project which requires sawing a curve in a thick (12") laminated blank and later regluing the sawn surfaces. Do you think this will work without unsightly gaps? The radius is big, about 40". A veneer layer with the thickness of the kerf could be used to eliminate this problem..
I'm wondering if someone has experience with the Veritas Bandsaw Duplicator, it is a little guide pin attached to the upper blade guide.
In the Bandsaw Book by Lonnie Bird he shows another template technique with a stick to guide the saw, clamped to the table above the workpiece. This is shown in the link below:
http://www.woodcraft.com/articles.aspx?articleid=410
As my workpiece is thick, i would prefer having the template below the piece, on the table. I think Mr. Bird's method would be easily adaptable, and the Veritas jig could also be adapted. How about fastening a pin on the zero clearance insert. Provided the ZCI can be fixed at the same position, a higher
repeatability would result vs. the clamped stick. Could a rare earth magnet be used? IOW is cast iron magnetic?
I don't have the bandsaw yet, so i can't just try it out now :( .
The search function didn't turn up much for bandsawing with templates, so i'm hoping for some feedback from experienced creekers :o Thanks!!
Regards,
Timo
I dreamed up a project which requires sawing a curve in a thick (12") laminated blank and later regluing the sawn surfaces. Do you think this will work without unsightly gaps? The radius is big, about 40". A veneer layer with the thickness of the kerf could be used to eliminate this problem..
I'm wondering if someone has experience with the Veritas Bandsaw Duplicator, it is a little guide pin attached to the upper blade guide.
In the Bandsaw Book by Lonnie Bird he shows another template technique with a stick to guide the saw, clamped to the table above the workpiece. This is shown in the link below:
http://www.woodcraft.com/articles.aspx?articleid=410
As my workpiece is thick, i would prefer having the template below the piece, on the table. I think Mr. Bird's method would be easily adaptable, and the Veritas jig could also be adapted. How about fastening a pin on the zero clearance insert. Provided the ZCI can be fixed at the same position, a higher
repeatability would result vs. the clamped stick. Could a rare earth magnet be used? IOW is cast iron magnetic?
I don't have the bandsaw yet, so i can't just try it out now :( .
The search function didn't turn up much for bandsawing with templates, so i'm hoping for some feedback from experienced creekers :o Thanks!!
Regards,
Timo