Cutting Curves - Grizzly G0580 Owner's Manual

To resaw a workpiece:
1. Verify that the bandsaw is setup properly and
that the table is perpendicular to the blade.
2. Use the widest blade your bandsaw will
accept. The blade must also be sharp and
clean.
3. Use a fence to guide the workpiece.
4. Set your fence to the desired width of cut
and lock it in place. Or, draw a reference line
on the edge of the board, place the board
against the fence, line up the reference line
with the blade and lock the fence in place.
5.
Support the ends of the board if necessary.
6.
Turn the bandsaw ON.
7.
Using push paddles and a push stick, keep
pressure against the fence and table, and
slowly feed the workpiece into the moving
blade until the blade is completely through
the workpiece.
8.
Feed material very slowly. Unsatisfactory
results are often attributed to a feed rate too
fast and a blade with too many TPI.
Model G0580 (Mfd. Since 11/06)

Cutting Curves

When cutting curves, simultaneously feed and
turn the stock carefully so that the blade follows
the layout line without twisting. Use either a nar-
rower blade or a blade with more TPI (teeth per
inch), or make more relief cuts, to avoid having to
back the workpiece away from the blade, espe-
cially if the curve is sharp.
Always make short cuts first, then proceed to
the longer cuts. Relief cuts will also reduce the
chance that the blade will be pinched or twisted.
Relief cuts are cuts made through the waste
portion of the workpiece and are stopped at the
layout line. As you cut along the layout line, waste
wood is released from the workpiece, alleviating
any pressure on the back of the blade. Relief cuts
also make backing the workpiece out easier once
the saw blade has come to a stop, if needed.
The list below displays blade widths and
the corresponding minimum radii for those
blade widths.
Width
⁄ " ....................................
1
8
⁄ " ...................................
3
16
⁄ '' ....................................
1
4
⁄ '' .................................... 1
3
8
⁄ '' .................................... 2
1
2
⁄ '' .................................... 3
5
8
⁄ '' .................................... 5
3
4
Min. Radius
⁄ "
1
8
⁄ "
3
8
⁄ ''
5
8
⁄ ''
1
4
⁄ ''
1
2
⁄ ''
3
4
⁄ ''
1
2
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