14” Bandsaw – Cutting out the throat

From the last session we are going to cut out the ‘throat’ so we can mount a temporary table which will be replaced later on with a final version.

After this we’ll get back to the blade arm, working down to something I like making – blade guides.

  

Marked out the cut lines and used a panel saw to cut the bottom one.

I’ll do the top angled one with the Ozito multi purpose saw. I need to swap the metal cutting blade for a timber one but before I do may as well cut the blade arm lock rod.

Now swap for the timber one.

Like a jigsaw need to make a starter slot, drill some holes and clean up the cut edge with a keyhole saw - so we can start in a straight line.

The multi purpose saw did a good job, it’s a useful addition to the corded hand tools.

Now I’ll clean up with a small block saw.

In the next session we can put in some timber support to mount the temporary table.

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