WOOD Magazine – October 01, 2019

2¼" eyebolt

through table rib

Turnbuckle

Back edge

of table

Back face

of fence

Bolt into

bandsaw

frame

Like most woodturners, I cut bowl blanks

round on my bandsaw before mounting

them on the lathe. Those blanks can be

pretty heavy and have a tendency to tilt

down the front of the table during sawing,

even using a large, heavy-duty cast-iron saw.

And when that table tilts in the middle of a

deep cut, the blade often breaks.

My solution: Add a turnbuckle to hold the

back of the table securely down on its stop.

For times when I need to tilt the table, the

turnbuckle has a hook on one end for easy

disconnect from the eyebolt. Now I saw

green blanks up to 18" diam. with no table

movement and no broken blades!

—Jim McCleary, Apache Junction, Ariz.

Don’t let big bowl blanks

bust your bandsaw blades

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