Thread: Circle cutting jig WIP

Anyone who's been to one of 's get-to-gethers has probably seen his jig for cutting bowl blanks from half logs. After ~4 years thinking about it I finally got around to making one for my Basato 4 bandsaw.



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I used 18mm MDF. Ply is recommended, but I didn't have any 18mm available, hope the MDF holds up. Marked out and ready to cut up.
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I drilled 6mm dia pilot holes and clamped the jig to the bandsaw table to spot the screw holes before drilling.
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Spotted, drilled and ready to tap.
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Time to put the router table to good use.
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Drill an 8mm hole in the half log.
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Clamp the bar in place with a 10mm SHCS
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Presto, a bowl blank from a half log . Notice the remote switch for starting/stopping the dusty, saves a lot of walking back and foward every time you want to operate it. It's got a magnet secured to the back of it and I just attach it to the bandsaw or the panel saw, whichever I happen to be using at the time.
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I've left out photos of the flat bar, I'll post them tomorrow. Too cold and wet to go back out to the shed tonight .