Just viewed a video I picked up called "Mastering your Bandsaw" by Mark Duginski. I'm impressed, especially with his method of cutting cones and cutting dovetails. This stuff may be old methods to you people that already own a bandsaw, but for me thinking of buying one, it seems like magic to me.
Do you have a link to this tape?
I found it.
Amazon should have it, it is a Tauton Press book
I also think it is NOW available on DVD as well
John
Check with your local library first, before buying it.
I've got the DVD.
By the way, Netflix also has this video.
good thing ya do.. if you had the book and liked the video, I was going to request a sample of whatever you're smoking.. *g*
mac
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You should see what Sam Maloof can do with a bandsaw. He doesn't recomend free handing on the bandsaw but did it because he didn't know any better when he started and now it's second nature to him. Of course he's got a problem with the first digit of one of his fingers which got smashed between the wood he was freehand cutting and the cast iron bandsaw table. But I guess if you live as long as he has and done as much as he's done on the bandsaw AND still has all of his digits - he's got it down pretty good.
charlie b
So I can assume from what you're saying that the book is a lot better. Only difference is that I might never have gotten around to picking up the book whereas my geeky/technology interest was immediately piqued when I found the video.
You're kidding right....?
Layne
Kidding about Netflix having it?
Nope.
Check it out yourself.
S
It can be fun.
I do big dovetails on the bandsaw, little ones (jewel boxes) on the=20 scroll saw. It does work and you can get quality dovetails. :-)
Somedays the bandsaw gets more work than the table saw -- and for rough=20 work I will use the band saw first because of the speed and safety...
--=20 Will R. Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
Somedays the bandsaw gets more work than the table saw -- and for rough work I will use the band saw first because of the speed and safety...
One thing that's intrigued me is how quiet a bandsaw is and what you can actually do with one and the proper jigs. I live in an apartment so the only times I do any heavy woodworking is when I go over to a friend's house to use my tablesaw that I sold him. Since I use a wheelchair, so far anyway, I've been unable to find a cheap enough, close enough accessible location for me to rent for use as a small workshop.
I'd never use a tablesaw in an apartment, but a bandsaw in a dedicated apartment room is entirely workable and just means that I'd need a big enough apartment, something entirely within my reach. Now I'm really envisioning all sorts of possibilities.
Well -- add a quiet scroll saw -- lots of fun. We have the inexpensive=20 Delta -- reliable -- but a tad noisy and it vibrates to much to be=20 called anything but noisy. The deWalt might be better $600+ CDN. Then=20 you can do dovetailed or box joint jewel boxes, clocks etc. All sorts of =
small projects. Was it FWW that just did a article on scroll saws?
I just use a small chisel to clean up minor imperfections after scroll=20 sawing. The band saw is a little rougher...
--=20 Will R. Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
no, what I meant was that if you were reading the book and saw the video, (in your head, not by having the book AND the video), I would consider it a drug gloat and ask you to share.. *g*
mac
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Well, I do know from watching the video, that there's a number of things in Mark Duginski's book that aren't in the video. Things like jigs and stuff like that. So I may try to get the book when I have the time. I did obtain Lonnie Bird's book on using the bandsaw. Lot of information in there too, I just haven't had time to go through the whole thing yet.
they're really 2 different type of info, and it's always best to have both if possible... A picture might be worth 1,000 words, but sometimes the words convey it better... and most of us were taught in school that we learn from books, so it's effective.. The advantage of also having video is that you can see what you read about in action.. and quickly go to whatever part that you want to.. and freeze a part that you wanted to see.
Personally, I like having both because I really don't read much in the shop.. that's what recliners are for.. *g* Also, I like to learn sort of "hands on"... I bought Bill Grumbine's bowl turning DVD after pretty much reading the same info free at his web site... but having the DVD in the little tv in the shop and being able to watch part, pause it and TRY what he did, then continue watching, was great..
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