Author Topic: Tablesaw Or Bandsaw?  (Read 342 times)

Offline Colorado Joe

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Tablesaw Or Bandsaw?
« on: June 13, 2011, 12:58:00 AM »
How would one set up a jig on a table saw to rough cut tapers on a fairly square longbow blank?

Or would a bandsaw be better?
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Offline k-hat

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Re: Tablesaw Or Bandsaw?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 02:08:00 AM »
I've used both without a jig, just ran em through and tried not to get too close to the lines and then zero in and clean up with a rasp.  The bandsaw can be sneaky enough as it is, getting below the line when you think your not, but the tablesaw is downright treacherous!  If you have a choice go with a bandsaw, go slow, and stay at least a 1/16-1/8" away from your profile lines.  If you use the tablesaw go superslow and stay at least 1/8-1/4" away from your lines.  As my barber used to say, "i can take it off, but I ain't figured out how to put it back on!"  

If you have some scrap wood, do a few practice runs.  My 2 cents worth:)  Good luck!
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Offline Colorado Joe

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Re: Tablesaw Or Bandsaw?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2011, 01:23:00 PM »
Table saw is the way to go if your band saw blade is too thin.

Yay first cut done. Five to go.........
Hickory backed Ipe with a Zebrawood accent.
70" ntn
40#
Samick Sage
40#
Housel Osage stick (High country Elk stopper)
48"
55#
"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."
-- Albert Einstein

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