133 "ALCHEMY" by Jensen Knives
133: After making sure the band saw and worktable are square, I am going to carefully cut the bolster to rough shape, just OUTSIDE of the design lines. Try to cut as close as you can to the line, but still leave yourself a little room for cleanup. The band saw makes some rather rough marks along the newly cut edges. You want to give yourself enough room to grind out those marks without grinding past and into your profile, if you cut to close to the line, by the time your done finish grinding the saw marks, you could be accidentally undersize. The band saw does not really cut curves, you can tweak the blade a bit, but you really have to take the material out in the real curvy areas in larger chunks at a time. Yes, lots of material and money ends up on the floor!!
133 "ALCHEMY" by Jensen Knives
133: After making sure the band saw and worktable are square, I am going to carefully cut the bolster to rough shape, just OUTSIDE of the design lines. Try to cut as close as you can to the line, but still leave yourself a little room for cleanup. The band saw makes some rather rough marks along the newly cut edges. You want to give yourself enough room to grind out those marks without grinding past and into your profile, if you cut to close to the line, by the time your done finish grinding the saw marks, you could be accidentally undersize. The band saw does not really cut curves, you can tweak the blade a bit, but you really have to take the material out in the real curvy areas in larger chunks at a time. Yes, lots of material and money ends up on the floor!!