Getting the Most from Your Bandsaw with Michael Fortune
October 26, 2024 (Sat)
$210.00
($200 tuition + $10 material fee)
About this Class
The bandsaw can be one of the most accurate and safe machines in your workshop—provided it is set up and used properly. New or even well used 12″ or 14″ bandsaws with only a 1/2 horsepower motor can be tuned to cut precision joints or resaw flawlessly without purchasing after-market accessories or expensive blades. Installing new tires, selecting and setting blade tension, tracking, cutting curves, and resawing will be covered. A variety of useful jigs designed to be used with the bandsaw will be demonstrated. Illustrations will be provided so you can make your own. Michael operates one of the most diversely equipped workshops in North America. It includes three industrial table saws, and he can’t remember the last time he ripped a piece of wood on the table saw. Instead, he prefers to use the smallest of his bandsaws, a 15″ General. “I purchased my small bandsaw in 1974, tracked the blade once with only modest blade tension, installed the factory fence parallel to the miter slot and have not had to adjust it in over 40 years,” boasts Michael. Let the bandsaw master show you how to make this simple machine the most versatile in the shop.
Key Points
- Learn how to tune your bandsaw to make perfect cuts
- Make a variety of jigs to make your bandsaw more productive
- Learn bandsaw joinery
- Learn correct resawing techniques
- Learn to select blades
- Select a bandsaw in today’s market
- Eliminate blade drift
- Learn pattern bandsawing
Additional Information
Workshop Day: Saturday
Instruction Time: 9:00am – 4:30pm (EDT)
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$210.00
Getting the Most from Your Bandsaw with Michael Fortune October 26, 2024 (Sat)
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