On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:43:42 GMT, Norvin <[email protected]>
wrote:
>RayV wrote:
>> Don't try this at home...
>>
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wxbzrf4z_cg&mode=related&search=
>>
>Whoops, after finally looking at this video, this is not the
>same method that I used. My method involved a jig for positioning
>the top with the proper radius from blade to pivot point. The blade is
>only raised to about 1/8" and the top rotated for a full circle, then
>the blade is raised another 1/8 or so and sooner or later you will
>obtain a nicely cut circle that needs very little sanding, depending
>on your TS blade. I believe I saw this method on a very early show of
>"The New Yankee WS".
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRwHiAUpMyU
Ah, if those old saws in the schools could talk, they'd say please
some fellow come take me to a nice quiet garage, put a sharp blade on
me and let me enjoy my golden years in peace.
I couldn't get the other video to play all the way, I got as far as
him making an octagon. I'll assume he just kept knocking the corners
off until it was almost a circle.
-Leuf
On Jul 30, 10:37 am, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Don't try this at home...
>
> >http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wxbzrf4z_cg&mode=related&search=
>
> Seems quicker and easier, and results in a better circle, to do the
> same sort of thing on a bandsaw. Just my thoughts...
> Andy
This technique was probably used by Sister Tabatha, the Shaker who is
credited with the first table saw.
Joe G
On Jul 30, 11:01 pm, "Jim" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Norvin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Jim wrote:
> >> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected]...
>
> >>>In article <[email protected]>, Leuf
> >>><[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>>>I couldn't get the other video to play all the way, I got as far as
> >>>>him making an octagon. I'll assume he just kept knocking the corners
> >>>>off until it was almost a circle.
>
> >>>Yep, that was basically it. Kinda fascinating in a morbid sort of way,
> >>>watching it wobble up and down on his cobbled-together pivot while he
> >>>rotated
> >>>it past the spinning blade. I kept expecting one of the offcuts to fly
> >>>back
> >>>and hit him...
>
> >>>--
> >>>Regards,
> >>> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> >>>It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
>
> >> For all we know, one of them did hit him. Yes, I remember seeing the
> >> show.
> >> Jim
> > Can you imagine a 4' square of red oak and you get a bind, WOW.......
>
> As I recall, he cut it down to rough size before using that jig. I would
> not want to get hit with a board that big...
> Jim
I'd take it to within 1/8" with a saber saw first. I'd also use a
larger pivot,
maybe a #10 round head screw driven through the circle blank.
Why not. Very normal method.
--
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"RayV" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Don't try this at home...
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wxbzrf4z_cg&mode=related&search=
>
Jim wrote:
> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>In article <[email protected]>, Leuf
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I couldn't get the other video to play all the way, I got as far as
>>>him making an octagon. I'll assume he just kept knocking the corners
>>>off until it was almost a circle.
>>
>>Yep, that was basically it. Kinda fascinating in a morbid sort of way,
>>watching it wobble up and down on his cobbled-together pivot while he
>>rotated
>>it past the spinning blade. I kept expecting one of the offcuts to fly
>>back
>>and hit him...
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>>
>>It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
>
> For all we know, one of them did hit him. Yes, I remember seeing the show.
> Jim
>
>
Can you imagine a 4' square of red oak and you get a bind, WOW.......
In article <[email protected]>, Leuf <[email protected]> wrote:
>I couldn't get the other video to play all the way, I got as far as
>him making an octagon. I'll assume he just kept knocking the corners
>off until it was almost a circle.
Yep, that was basically it. Kinda fascinating in a morbid sort of way,
watching it wobble up and down on his cobbled-together pivot while he rotated
it past the spinning blade. I kept expecting one of the offcuts to fly back
and hit him...
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Leuf
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I couldn't get the other video to play all the way, I got as far as
>>him making an octagon. I'll assume he just kept knocking the corners
>>off until it was almost a circle.
>
> Yep, that was basically it. Kinda fascinating in a morbid sort of way,
> watching it wobble up and down on his cobbled-together pivot while he
> rotated
> it past the spinning blade. I kept expecting one of the offcuts to fly
> back
> and hit him...
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
For all we know, one of them did hit him. Yes, I remember seeing the show.
Jim
"Norvin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Jim wrote:
>> "Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>In article <[email protected]>, Leuf
>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I couldn't get the other video to play all the way, I got as far as
>>>>him making an octagon. I'll assume he just kept knocking the corners
>>>>off until it was almost a circle.
>>>
>>>Yep, that was basically it. Kinda fascinating in a morbid sort of way,
>>>watching it wobble up and down on his cobbled-together pivot while he
>>>rotated
>>>it past the spinning blade. I kept expecting one of the offcuts to fly
>>>back
>>>and hit him...
>>>
>>>--
>>>Regards,
>>> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>>>
>>>It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
>>
>> For all we know, one of them did hit him. Yes, I remember seeing the
>> show.
>> Jim
> Can you imagine a 4' square of red oak and you get a bind, WOW.......
As I recall, he cut it down to rough size before using that jig. I would
not want to get hit with a board that big...
Jim
RayV wrote:
> Don't try this at home...
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wxbzrf4z_cg&mode=related&search=
>
Whoops, after finally looking at this video, this is not the
same method that I used. My method involved a jig for positioning
the top with the proper radius from blade to pivot point. The blade is
only raised to about 1/8" and the top rotated for a full circle, then
the blade is raised another 1/8 or so and sooner or later you will
obtain a nicely cut circle that needs very little sanding, depending
on your TS blade. I believe I saw this method on a very early show of
"The New Yankee WS".