200 days ago
by arco21 |
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I decided it was high time I quit clamping a piece of wood to my bandsaw table whenever I needed a fence, and upgraded to something more easily adjustable. Based on a design for a drill press fence in a recent Woodsmith Small Shops book, I came up with this cleat style fence.
I used 2×4’s for the front and back rails, putting the 45 degree angle on them with my table saw. I bolted them to the existing threads on my bandsaw’s fence.
The fence is a piece of cherry, and t...
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1076 days ago
by Mary Anne |
38 comments »
Sorry about the delay in posting this tutorial of the series. I ran into some technical difficulties… which is another way of saying I sometimes have the attention span of a gnat and messed things up the first time around.
Speaking of messing things up, I’ve injured my knee and have to stay off my feet for a few days. I am only on day two and already going crazy. All in all, it looks a good time for going on with this toot toot tootorial series.
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616 days ago
by mafe |
17 comments »
A simple frame saw. Even if they call it a bow saw.
Every one can make a frame saw!No I do not mean this to be big headed, I mean this from my heart, and I mean this as a motivation for all that have a wish to try – please just do it!I dedicate this blog to or LJ buddy WayneC, you know why.
In this blog I will make a simple frame saw step by step.
What is it with this bow saw / frame saw? Nothing really, just found out that the more I look, the less I understand what the right ...
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