I am also looking for that article. I recently came across a plan for a jig for cutting bowls but would be interested in this other article. Blessings, David Galloway Atlanta, Georgia
Read the full replyHey - has anybody seen the Mark Duginske's recent magazine article with the Bandsaw Circle Cutting Jig?
This jig was able to cut circles, semi-circles, and corner radii.
If so - can anyone tell me which magazine/month/year it was in?
If anyone has made the jig - how well does it work?
Is this the same circle cutting jig that Mark has in his bandsaw book "Mastering the Bandsaw?" I built one and it works very well. Needs some refinements and I think I have seen it in a catalog recently which now sports some changes. I find the most frustrating thing with the original design is to place larger pieces on the rotation pin. Could use a clear plexiglass section so you can see where the pin is in respect to the pre-drilled hole in the log.
Rockler's makes a circle-cutting kit for bandsaws or tablesaws. I have it and have used it. Essentially, you add an auxillary wooden table, cut a dado that extends to the right, away from the blade and insert a piece of their T-track. In the T-track, slides a little shuttle with a slightly raised point. The shuttle tightens in the track wherever you want. Mark out the radius gradations and use the raised point as the pivot for the bowl blank or whatever. This approach is infinitely adjustable.
I have also seen this done by simply drilling a series of holes at 1/2" increments. Drop in a short filed-off nail as the point for pivot. The hardest thing here is getting point out of the hole and cleaning the holes of accummulated saw dust.
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