Use the BACK of the blade! Your saw will cut straighter! 

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I used to achieve perfect freehand cuts with my saw! even the surgeon said he had never seen such accurate cuts

I've used and read about bandsaws for 50 years and never before heard about this. Thank you very much.

Wow! What a simple and valuable technique. However, I am upset you didn’t do this video about 12 years ago!

My dad taught me this when I was like 12. Thanks for demonstrating this to those whose dad was not a woodworker.

As one who is constantly frustrated by my bandsaw - I'm off to try this......

I've watched SO many videos on bandsaw techniques but have never seen this before. This is great. Thanks, James!

I learned something today. I been avoiding my band saw due to the lack of precision. Thank you

I am 77 years old. When I took a high school summer school woodworking class for fun in the early 1960s.... the instructor showed us how to do that. He also talked about NOT cutting on a marked line but on the side of a line.... just barely missing that line. This was both on band saw, table saw, miter saws.... and also hand saws. I assumed everyone did it that way.... guess not!

Perfectly described once again, I’ve done it for years and you are spot on again as usual. Well done.

Steering with the back of the blade! Yeah, I saw Tom McLaughlin (Epic Woodworking) try to explain how to do this, but your video was very clear.Thanks.

What the...? How did I not know this already?? Thank you. Can't wait to try this out!

Brilliant, all should know this. This is the way I use my bandsaw too

I bought one of the Bows Feather Boards , to see what the hype was about. I ended up buying a set for my router table. THEY. ARE. AWESOME!! I really look forward to watching your videos every week. They are very helpful for improving my woodworking skills.

Thanks for sharing this tip. As a veteran bandsawer cutting in aluminium, bronze, steel, as well as all kinds of wood over the past 40 years, I've been using this technique as long as I can remember. One caveat, if your cut strays from your line then so does your guide, adjust accordingly. This guide from the blade back side is especially helpful with large heavy awkward pieces that resist smooth movement along the table.

what a great tip. thanks. I have always had a hard time with my bandsaw. like you I cut off the line then sand. now I' gonna practice this trick and do much better.

I want to thank you so much for all the updates and information that you have provided to a newbie in woodworking!

Great tips, about both the bandsaw technique and the feather board!

You know I’ve followed your channel off and on but this vid is what made me hit the sub button. Really helpful thank you so much for posting it.

I use this method and have been for years. I cut to the line. On a recent project, I then went over the edge of the wood with my Spokeshave and maybe only 4 passes and it was done. No sanding to the line, and then no sanding at all on the edge of the board, as it was ready to accept the first coat of Oil. Great video 👍

Great technique, Stump. Thanks for the tutorial. As you said, it will take some practice, as all precision sawing does.

What a great technique, thank you for sharing.

I've heard people talk about this, but never seen a proper demonstration until now. I need to do some practicing on this now. Thanks for sharing!

You are awesome! Thank you James. I have found your tips, tool evaluations, and instruction consistently reliable. Two years ago you steered me away from a bad dust collection system to the Clear Vue with 6” ducting. Works great, a versatile system with blast gates positioned near the start of each 45 degree branch. My system is now the envy of several woodworker friends. 👍🏻

This is the best close up I have seen for this technique . Excellent

This is gold. Keep up the good work.

So simple, yet so effective. Thank you for sharing. I will definitely be using this in the future.

I’ve head this before but didn’t quite understand it. Your explanation is much better. Now I understand it and it works for me now. Thanks !

Awesome info.I always learn something from you videos. Thank you

Wow, amazing results. Thanks this video.

Thanks a bunch for the tip, James! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Thanks for another useful video!

New technique! Thank you

Great info and very useful. Thanks for the video.

Fascinating!!! I assume it gets easier with practice. And I like your first point about it being easier with wider blades. I was going to ask about that. Thanks for the great tip. I’ll try it.

Makes sense. And touching the blade on the line's dude also prevents the blade from drifting towards the line, because it's supported

Thank you for the tip. I don't own a band saw but have access to one. I'll try this next time. 😊😊❤❤

Thank you, once again, for the invaluable education!

Great video. Thanks James.

That makes sense. I don't have a band saw yet but I'll keep this in mind when I get one.

Was taught this technique years ago👍

Those nickel plated saws look amazing and that feather board is super intriguing. Never seen anyone support their body weight like that

Been doing this for a many years, dad taught me cause he hated table saws and we only had a one car garage and worked outside most of the time. Short of large sheet goods I usually use my 16" Laguna for anything but large cross cuts.

Very bloody clever!

Wow! Very interesting technique. Makes me want to try it tomorrow. I'll remember this idea and give it a try next time I'm using my bandsaw. Thank you.

Thank you for this awesome tip

I did not know this technique and will give it a try. Thanks!

Another good lesson thanks

💗Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much. You always provide great, concise content. I can't wait to try this trick!

great tip. thanks Nubs.

this is a great tip, totally makes sense ✌

Thank you Mr Nubs, I will give it a try and try and try! !! !!!

What a great tip Thanks for sharing going to have to try this.

Excellent information James, thanks for sharing, stay safe around there. Fred.

Brilliant!

I will have to try this.

Thanks James, Timely tip..... Will try in the AM...

Awesome...thank you!

Thanks!

thanks

Great vid! Michael Fortune wrote about this technique in Fine Woodworking issue #199, July/Aug 2008 😀

Gotta try this.

Really neat idea

I learned this from Tom Mclaughlin awhile back. Took a minute to learn, and a bit of practice, but it works quite well!

I'll try that. Good tip.

So, today I learned that my first time using a band saw was beginners luck I guess. I basically did exactly what you explained, by default. This was like... 20 years ago now, but I remember seeing the cutout part being wider than the blade was, and figured I should only lightly adjust the work piece to keep on the line. Ended up with the nicest cuts the teacher had seen in a long time, and was asked to help others do their cuts afterwards. Again, I had never used a band saw before. Other saws, yes, but not a band saw.

I've tuned my cheap Record power by swpping the upper tire for a cork one, I've hand rectified to be perectly round and slightly barrel shaped. I's a blast!

Mind. Blown.

To be perfectly frank it took me till 2 minutes in before I realised you weren’t talking about cutting with the back of the blade. That’s on me as a noob (and yes I did have a bit a of laugh at myself). Thanks once again for useable information.

wow now that's clever! thanks

never seen this technique before, but I'm often amazed at how good some people are at cutting straight or right up to a line. (Looking at you Andy Klein) I'll have to watch them and see if they are doing this too. I'll definitely give this a shot, as I stay way off the line and make more work for myself. BTW - looking forward to seeing that new Harvey.

Wow, just wow ❤

Awesome! Thanks

Hey, I don't freak out when I sit a cold beverage on my bandsaw table... I just wait a few months and sand down the rust! Easy! 😂

Interesting plane on your table

I've used this technique in curves, never thought it'd work on the straight line cut.

This is how I learned to do it way back in "Tech Class," basically woodshop.

Can I say, you’re looking really good bud

U R da man!

Still on this quest to be able to cut with any accuracy. I've got a Jet JWBS-14SFX and it wanders like an intact stray. I pretty much only use it for very rough work, work that doesn't need to be remotely straight, or cuts that are very very short. Thanks for the tips...

I’ve learned something.

This makes sense to me: I get smooth edges and very accurate cuts on fabric not by watching where the shears are actually cutting, but by watching the cutting line just ahead of the points. Something similar has to be going on with respect to human hand-eye co-ordination.

I felt like an idiot for a bit. I thought you meant you were cutting from the backside of the blade (opposite the teeth) and was like "Holy cow...you can do that?"

Yep, a fundamental not widely known. Thanks

This is Premier League, nuts and bolts advice. Brilliant.

James would you mind travelling back in time to release this video last week, BEFORE I cut all the templates for my Veritas Kitchissippi chairs?

Ha! Nice!

Well now you did it ! I can’t claim to be a know it all anymore. Thanks for your channel. I’m a grumpy old man and have learned a lot from you 👍

Cool 👍

Like steering a snowboard!

First of all, thank you I will try this next time e I use my bandsaw. Second, you look like you're losing weight, if you're doing it on purpose, good job my man! I lost 50 lbs 3 years ago and have kept it off. Great content!

i guess this is the difference between being properly trained as a furniture maker to use a tool and using youtube to learn. apart from a few sites such as this, most youtuber video makers haven't got a clue. they just repeat the same old mistakes and claim its the right way.

Love thls guy so humble, he is the Joe Rogan of woodworking

I did use the back of the blade…but it took ages to wear through the wood.

About cutting boards: what would you use for regular maintenance? Something that really confused me is that pretty much any drying oil will take at least a week to cure (? heard lots of conflicting info on this curing time matter) which is a long time to have your cutting board out of service! If you have a food safe drying oil like hemp seed or walnut, does it matter if you use it for food prep tasks during that curing time? Like if I put up the cutting board for the night at like 10 pm after a wash from dinner, sanded it, put say hemp seed oil on it, and let it dry for until the morning so like 9 am, is that 8~12 hour period enough for it dry and not immediately come off from a light rinse? Will it keep curing through the week even during use? I haven't seen hemp oil talked much about but it seems like a perfectly valid wood finish. For that matter, is there even a difference in pure hemp seed oil/walnut oil advertised for food and for wood? Researched a ton but couldn't find answers for these things.

Makes me wonder if putting a thin "fin" behind the blade to act as a fence would help even more.

Hey Stumpy, been watching your videos for a few years now and just wanted to say youre looking good. Looks like you lost some weight?

If you're cutting with a fence are there any advantages to angling the fence to do this?

I hope that you will acknowledge Tom McLaughlin @ Epic Woodworking who recently published this very topic on RU-vid.

Does this work with jig saws as well?