Steps for cutting a piece of wood on the Bandsaw

  1. Make sure you have your safety glasses and your piece of wood is properly marked

  1. Make sure guide of bandsaw just clears work piece. Turn set screw to loosen guide.

  1. If cutting a curved piece of wood youmay have to cut some release or kerf cuts. Turn the saw on and slowly push blade to where the cut will eventually be. The idea is that as the blade is cutting the waste pieces will fall aside and keep the blade from binding.

 

  1. Turn saw on a gently push wood through blade.
  2. Be careful of binding the blade

  1. When you have cut through the wood turn off saw

  1. Wait until blade has stopped completly before removing off cut pieces of wood.

Tools / Radial Arm Saw / Drillpress / Hand Tools / Bandsaw / Disc Sander / Table Saw

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