Narrow blade

[brewdog]

Anyone ever try using a1/2 or3/4 blade to saw curves on a mill/2 or 3inch hardwood,.

[redbeard]

  If your thinking of raising or lowering your sawmill head as you go through a cut. It doesn't work . At least Unintended rise and dive of blade doesn't get you very far in cut. But a Bandsaw mill has unlimited capabilities and people are coming up with inovating ways of producing amazing jigsand techniques. KEEP SAFETY in mind when attempting new things.

[drobertson]

Not sure I'm following, if Redbeard hit it then it could get tricky, but I believe possible!e, just not on my mill, blade guides and rollers would be an issue,  it seems that most folks use the natural sweep in sawstock to get a desired curve, otherwise it seems drying could pose more issues with your desired results, interesting concept though.

[Darrel]

Any bandsaw is capable of cutting curves if you change the orientation of the wood in relation to the band. The band only cuts in one direction so in order to cut a curve, you have to rotate either the log or the saw.  On my mill rotating the saw in relationship to the log is not possible. While rotating the log in relationship to the saw might be possible I have no way to do it. I suppose if you want to bad enough, you can figure out a way to do it. Just think safety.

[Kbeitz]

Just dump a load of knots in front of your cut....
You will get a curve.

[ozarkgem]

Just dump a load of knots in front of your cut....
You will get a curve.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D  yea and if you need some knots I have some. Not sure why but I laughed out loud when I read that. Good one. I guess cause its happened to me before.

[Kbeitz]

This should make a curve.



 

[bandmiller2]

Minor tapering of beams and such is possible but not any fancy scroll work. A friend of mine cut some replacement barn floor beams 10" tapered to 6" at the ends to fit in a socket. This was done with standard band. Frank C.