Quote Originally Posted by Prashun Patel View Post
Glad you found a solution. Another thing that I wouldn't want you to learn the hard way:
cutting 'wheels' on the bandsaw is a bad thing. The blade can roll your tube. At the very least it can roll your fingers into the blade. At the worst - with a large log, it can do that AND cause the wood to slam down onto the table, crushing your other hand and ruining the blade. DAMHIKT.... I made it out with only slight bruising on my fingers and a twisted blade. Did lose a pair of underwear though
Very good point! I saw a video of just such an event (cutting a cookie from a log section) a few years ago & the results were spectacular and not in a good way. the band saw got banged up, blade ruined, but the user was, miraculously, not badly hurt. A band saw blade has a lot of traction when it meets something.