UJK Bandsaw Buddy

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If you shift the table, check it over the full range of motion to make sure the table insert doesn't hit the blade at any angle. Use the sliding stop in the worktable mitre slots to check your rip fence aligns with the mitre slot.

Please note that we are a small team of 3 people, therefore it is very simple to support us to maintain the activity and create future developments.The length of the Companion greatly exaggerates the path of the blade, making it much easier to measure its relationship with the miter slot. If I had stopped to realize how flexible a bandsaw blade is, I would have had second thoughts about this purchase. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). I also find that fence real good for ripping long things down to width rather than following a pencil line. Please dont even think about lifting this off the bed until it is completely cold as it will warp like mad rendering it useless.

Currently prototyping custom levelling blocks for plumb lines, first batch should be in production in an hour or so. If you set your saw up properly in the first place, you effectively eliminate the need for all those gadgets.Time will tell, but it may prove its worth down the road, if I find myself needing to change from the wide blade to the narrow one and back again quickly, with my flat tired machine, that means the tracking adjustment gets more turns compared to a cambered wheeled machine. There are many opinions on this subject but there are also objective facts and laws of physics/geometry that can't be ignored.

I set my wheels co-planer, I flutter tension my blade, I align my miter slot (table) with the blade. Unfortunately what works for 'you' becomes gospel despite minimal or even no actual testing against a control of some kind.

The Bandsaw Companion tool from iGaging has two rare earth magnets on one side, which attach it firmly to the blade, best on 1/2″ and wider blades.

New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . Instead I use Cadter's MagFence which allows me to lock the fence down exactly where I want it with the 2 integral magnets. intervals allow you to draw arcs or circles in 25mm steps from 75mm to 400mm, a useful feature for marking curves or when cutting bowl blanks. The Companion is also an accurate rule, has a sliding stop for setting distances, and can be used as a beam for scribing circles. Not sure if its doing the same as that but I made up a stick with two magnets and capped it in brass sheet as a fence as I have no fence of any sort on my medium bandsaw with 20 inch wheels.Axminster Tool Centre Ltd trading as Axminster Tools is a credit broker and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Compact band saw for curved contours, straight cuts, for cutting to length, separating and parallel cutting. It’s often overlooked, but a critical step in setting up a bandsaw is adjusting the table parallel with the blade.