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I concur with Darrell. The problem with me is when I am not careful I
break the blade when I get around blanks.
I soon learned that (with my band saw) the base of the blank has to be
square with the blade. Otherwise the blade binds and breaks.

Note that the blade will be square with any flat base. It's tip and pinch
that get you. Suggestions for flattening if you're not the best with a
chainsaw include scrub/jack/block planes, or perhaps you might want to lay
the piece flat on its broad face on the drillpress table and make stopped,
overlapping Forstner bores for parallel, it that's what you're after.

I find a circle cutting jig to be an excellent way to do round things, as it
keeps you from the other blade-destroyer, turning the blank/blade while not
cutting. No choice but to cut with the jig.