"Woody" wrote in message
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Good job on the bandsaw jigs. I've been thinking about how to do
just
those tasks on my 14" Delta. I have the riser in place and some
general use blades but they just didn't work well on logs. I'll try
the PS Wood blade you use. I have a circle cutting jig for my
bandsaw that I've used a few times to round out a bowl blank and I
think it would work pretty good with some fine tuning but I've had
trouble with the blades binding and have actually ruined a couple of
blades with it. The blades tend to follow the grain or whatever and
cut their way out of verticle. When it does work right it makes
roughing out a cylinder pretty quick and easy. Do you have any
experience with anything along those lines? Thanks.

Sorry for the delay in my reply. I haven't checked the newsgroup in a
couple of days -- I've been busy shoveling snow -- maybe you heard
about the storm we had in Denver -- it was only a couple of feet at
the airport where the statistics are recorded, but we had around 3
feet at my house.

I think the PS Wood "wet wood" blade I mention on my website would
solve most of your problems. It is thicker and has a lot of set and
more rake which makes it cut well without binding. I have a circle
jig, but for log sections I use a similar jig made from the hold down
on a thrift store meat carving tray. Here are a couple of photos
showing a conical section being sawn from a Russian Olive tree taken
down at my daughter's place. It was softer than I had hoped with
large growth rings, but it cut easily. It was very wet when I cut it.

http://home.comcast.net/~kvaughn65/c...aped_blank.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~kvaughn65/log_section.jpg

Ken Vaughn
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