Cutting Perfect Circles On A Bandsaw With No Holes and Making A Jig In Less Than 5 Minutes 

Me too :-)

:-) :-)

Cool. Hope it all went well 👍

Its nice and simple...Ive been using it this week although I did get lazy and didn't swap the big blade back to the little one and that made a difference...live and learn :-)

Thanks for the feedback. So I can look to improve in the future, can I ask exactly what it is about my music that is off putting. I make the music myself, so I have full control of how it sounds…so if I know how I can change or improve it I will definitely look into it. I think a little background music can help but only if it’s done properly. If you’re able to give some feedback that’d be really helpful. 👍

Always a pleasure. Its basic but it works...I use it all the time now. It can be modified to make it more versatile but it all depends on the individual need etc :-)

You’re very welcome. Some of the jigs I’ve seen are just too fancy and whilst they do work, the time they can take to make and some of the accessories you might need to buy can all add up and that can be off putting. Sometimes simple works well 😊

It is of course very possible to improve the jig...but the more complex, the longer it takes and the idea was to make it in 5 mins :-)

Thanks 😊😊

Thanks :-) Its a really simple jig to make but really useful. I use it a lot for making my turning blanks.

Thanks. There are some complex ones on RU-vid but I think for the majority of the time, a simple one like this will do the job just fine :-)

There’s various things that can be used but I used what I had to hand which was a shelf pin or shelf support.

Thanks for the feedback. So I can look to improve in the future, can I ask exactly what it is about my music that is off putting. I make the music myself, so I have full control of how it sounds…so if I know how I can change or improve it I will definitely look into it. I think a little background music can help but only if it’s done properly. If you’re able to give some feedback that’d be really helpful. 👍

@@Smugwood I have no problem with your music, I admire your talent. However, for a woodworking video maybe if would be better as background so you can still hear the sound of the tools. As I mentioned in my reply it would be good to hear you live- it I’d more personal. If you study some of the best and most successful RU-vidrs (Wood by Wright, Rex Krueger, Paul Sellers) they all talk to you with some voice over , but minimal. I don’t think I could do this as it is outside my comfort zone- but if you give it a try if would be interesting to see how your views respond. Apologies I’ve my post appeared negative / it wasn’t intended.

It’s music I compose myself 👍

Yeah, its saved me many times. Its not so bad if I'm woodturning and need the centre hole to fix too, but with things like coasters, it looks so much better with a hole :-)

Can I ask what it is you didn’t like. I create and compose all of my own music and want it to be enjoyable. If I can find out why people don’t like it I’m hoping I can improve. 👍

@@Smugwood it’s simply very irritating and does not fit into the video. What is the purpose of it? Watch some of the videos from Japanese woodworkers which not only don’t have music but also don’t have dialog. Look at the number of their views and subscribers.

Free hand and then using the pivot on the bench sander…or perhaps router?

I'll take that as a compliment :-)

Thanks 👍👍

Thanks. Hope it helps 👍

Shelf pins

What I like about it is it’s quick and easy and great for small scrap pieces which are too awkward to put on my lathe. Ive made some nice little projects from the jigs in the past 😊👍

No problem 👍

Thanks :-)

It’s a Record Power BS350 👍

I’m not sure…not something I’ve measured. But I’m pretty sure there must be a specific calculation that can be used to determine cutting circles for a given blade. 👍👍

Cool, glad it was of help :-)

@@Smugwood gotta tell you, I made several round pieces for plant stands and it’s so easy, (& fun). Thanks again.

Thanks Brian. Was a fun little video to make and hopefully it’ll be of help to a few people looking to cut circles on the bandsaw. I still use this method over my cnc sometimes and great for those small scrap wood pieces 😊👍

@@Smugwood Nice to see a vid. being made these days without a cnc machine and every wood working tool known to man ! some of us can just afford cheap & cheerful tools ..lol Thks again

My pleasure. Thanks for watching. 👍

If I’m cutting for lathe blanks I don’t mind the holes but when they’re for coasters...it’s nice not to have the holes...unless it’s part of a decoration etc. I did fill one once with milliput and it actually looked cool 😂

@@Smugwood That's a good idea. I also considered you could put a cork backing on them and no one would be any wiser :)

It’s funny you should say that 😂 I’m in the middle of a new video and doing exactly that...putting cork on the bottom of the coaster. I bought some cork but it was thicker than I wanted but was going to try it yesterday then realised I’d nothing to stick it with so I just order some 2 part epoxy glue. Hopefully it won’t react with the cork 😂

Im starting to get the feeling people dont like my music :-) Its always a bit hard to hear it upsets people as I make all the music myself from scratch...but at the same time...Ive no problem with constructive criticism so if its not good I need to look at improving it. Appreciate the feedback and hopefully I'll improve in future videos.

Thanks Johnathan...hardest part of the video was recording the voiceover. It was raining here so heavily that I had to record it 3 times because all you could here was the rain and not my voice 😂

@@Smugwood thats always a pain but it came out good in the end!

I had to record it under a blanket with a torch 😂 Crazy...but it worked.

@@Smugwood the things we do for a video😂

True 😂😂

You’re very welcome.