Bandsaw Blades

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:55 am

Today, Shop smith put out another sale on Bandsaw parts. Of course blades are included.

Also, today I had an opportunity to use my SS 5/8" resaw blade. It worked very good. I tried to take some photos of the smooth straight faces that resulted. Resawed was a poplar 5/4 board 3 3/4" wide. I thought of the pics after seeing some others on this forum. The speed used was 1000 RPM. I used my shop made single point fence. The only tel tale signs of resewing were the slight burn marks where I stopped moving the boards in order to change hand hold.
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mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:08 am

Nicely done sir, you are in"tune" with your bandsaw.
Can you give a few shots of the single point point fence. I only have the older steel table and I need to come up with something here.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:42 pm

mrhart wrote:...Can you give a few shots of the single point point fence. ...

Happy to! First here is a thread from early this year. There's 2 pix in there plus a narrower point from old
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=3050&highlight=single+point+fence

Before adding 2 more more pix, you should know I tried to copy the wide slope of the Kreig single point add-on to their straight fence. After doing some more reading on single point fences, I think I will try a narrower point.

The only trick in making one is to make sure the point will be perpendicular to the table. Then I had to saw a notch to hold a clamp that will close firmly on the aluminum fence.

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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:01 pm

mrhart wrote:Nicely done sir, you are in"tune" with your bandsaw.
Can you give a few shots of the single point point fence. I only have the older steel table and I need to come up with something here.

With the steel table, the miter gauge becomes the fence.

It might make more sense to make the 'jig' clamp to the table itself.

bosox · Post by **bosox** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:53 am

Clean cut Sir! What;s your bandsaw?

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:15 am

JPG40504 wrote:With the steel table, the miter gauge becomes the fence.

It might make more sense to make the 'jig' clamp to the table itself.

I will see what I can throw together this weekend. Would 1/2" wide for the single point be too thin?
I have some 3/4" african mahogany that I want closer to 1/2" and hate to waste it on the planer

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:41 am

mrhart wrote:I will see what I can throw together this weekend. Would 1/2" wide for the single point be too thin?
I have some 3/4" african mahogany that I want closer to 1/2" and hate to waste it on the planer

I think the nose radius is the critical thing, not the thickness. However the thicker it is, the more rigid it is.

I think a chunk of 2x? would be be preferable.

It HAS to be square/parallel to the table/blade.

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:36 am

Here is a nice easy one.

JPG40504 wrote:I think the nose radius is the critical thing, not the thickness. However the thicker it is, the more rigid it is.

I think a chunk of 2x? would be be preferable.

It HAS to be square/parallel to the table/blade.