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Tip
#31
Band
Sawing Versatility (continued)
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Compound
Cutting
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Figure
14-40. The classic cabriole let is shaped by doing
compound cutting, a technique that belongs almost exclusively
to the bandsaw.
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By cutting
the pattern in more than one side of the workpiece-compound
cutting-you can make the stock appear to curve through three
dimensions, as if you had carved it. This is an intriguing
bandsaw technique that's useful on a wide variety of projects.
You can use it to remove stock and simplify your lathe work,
make cabriole legs for tables and chairs (Figure
14-40), or do "bandsaw sculpture"-animal shapes, patterned
posts and rails, fascinating lamp bases (Figure
14-41).
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Figure
14-41. Unusual lamp bases can be made using the
compound cutting technique.
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Figure
14-42. When doing the layout for compound cutting,
the pattern must be marked on adjacent sides of the
workpiece.
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The sketch
in Figure 14-42
is a simplified version of how stock should be marked to prepare
it for compound cutting. A pattern is used to mark the stock
on two adjacent faces. The stock is bandsawed by following
the pattern on one side of the stock. Then the waste pieces
are put back in their original positions either by tack-nailing
or by using masking tape. Then the workpiece is bandsawed
on the second side (Figure
14-43). When the second phase of cutting is complete,
the waste pieces fall away to reveal the finished piece.
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Figure
14-43. Whe waste pieces that fall away after one
side of the stock is cut are replaced either by nailing
or taping. Then the second side of the workpiece is
cut.
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Figure
14-44. Don't be too hasty in discarding the waste
pieces that result from compound cutting. They might
come in handy on some future project.
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Don't
be too quick to discard the waste pieces. Some of them, as
shown in Figure
14-44, end up themselves as interesting pieces that can
be utilized on other projects.
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