Rob Keeble
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Well i got orders from SWMBO to make a bunch of bandsaw reindeer that will teach me not to show her pictures.
I was not expecting our weather to turn as bad as it has as fast as it has this season so cutting them out in the garage became out of the question.
So together we brought the bandsaw inside into the basement. We tried manhandling it down the stairs in one piece and then I made an executive decision to rather take it apart and move smaller more manageable components all went well and its back together again. I was very lucky on the height. It clears things in my "temp basement shop" space by 2 inches.
Got wood prepped had to laminate to get a decent thickness and have the woodgears plan version cut printed and cut ready to apply to the block.
Before i cut this lot out (using cherry wood just bigger than 2x4 in proportions of width and thickness and whatever the height comes out at, are there any specific tips anyone can offer that would help make this smooth going.
Have picked up a new 1/8 and 3/16 blade just to be fully prepared. As i understand it 3/16 is the blade to use. Anyone differ with that.?
If you have made these what finish have you used and did you sand them and if so was it hand or did you manage to do it with a osc spindle sander?
Thanks for any tips or advice. I got 9 to do. I aint really the kind of person thats suited to production runs. Going to have to work on keeping focused.
Will make a few test units first to get the hang of it.
My bandsaw is more than up to the job.
One concern i have is tension on this size blade.
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I was not expecting our weather to turn as bad as it has as fast as it has this season so cutting them out in the garage became out of the question.
So together we brought the bandsaw inside into the basement. We tried manhandling it down the stairs in one piece and then I made an executive decision to rather take it apart and move smaller more manageable components all went well and its back together again. I was very lucky on the height. It clears things in my "temp basement shop" space by 2 inches.
Got wood prepped had to laminate to get a decent thickness and have the woodgears plan version cut printed and cut ready to apply to the block.
Before i cut this lot out (using cherry wood just bigger than 2x4 in proportions of width and thickness and whatever the height comes out at, are there any specific tips anyone can offer that would help make this smooth going.
Have picked up a new 1/8 and 3/16 blade just to be fully prepared. As i understand it 3/16 is the blade to use. Anyone differ with that.?
If you have made these what finish have you used and did you sand them and if so was it hand or did you manage to do it with a osc spindle sander?
Thanks for any tips or advice. I got 9 to do. I aint really the kind of person thats suited to production runs. Going to have to work on keeping focused.
Will make a few test units first to get the hang of it.
My bandsaw is more than up to the job.
One concern i have is tension on this size blade.
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk 2