Bandsaw jig for trimming blank corners?

[John Gray]

I am trying to trim the 90 degree corners off of some square acrylic blanks and/or wooden ones. Has anyone made a jig to do this or seen where I could information on such? My idea is to make something adjustable for different size blanks that slides in the miter slot on one of my bandsaws, I have a 14" saw and a smaller Craftsmen the will only cut something that's under 3" high.
HELP!!!!

[snyiper]

Use a block of wood with a V the length of it and lay the blank in that to hold to cut corners.

[rjwolfe3]

I do believe that there might be a tutorial in the library. I know that there have been several jigs posted here before. Let me see if I can find one for you.

[rjwolfe3]

corners jig?

[rjwolfe3]

This is the one I was thinking of Pen blanks corner removers jig...!

[robutacion]

Originally Posted by John Gray

I am trying to trim the 90 degree corners off of some square acrylic blanks and/or wooden ones. Has anyone made a jig to do this or seen where I could information on such? My idea is to make something adjustable for different size blanks that slides in the miter slot on one of my bandsaws, I have a 14" saw and a smaller Craftsmen the will only cut something that's under 3" high.
HELP!!!!

Hi John,

I think that I have put pics of my jig on this forum somewhere, maybe on someone else's post but I can show you what I've done for the pen blanks and it works really well, particularly the improved version on my first one. I cut (remove the square corners) a lot I mean, hundreds at the time sometimes, and it takes no time at all to do a few, just magic...!

You should be able to work out how to do it, if not shoot any questions you have and I will try to help you through...!

Now..., where did I put those pics...???

OK, found my original jig pics...! put these ones first and I will come back with the improved version...!

Cheers
George

[robutacion]

Yeah, I've though so...!

I have actually put it all together in a thread some time ago and here it is Pen blanks corner removers jig...!

Copy away and have fun...!

Cheers
George

[monophoto]

Originally Posted by NewLondon88

How large are you trying to go? You can't turn the corners off on the lathe?

It depends on what I'm turning. In the case of pen blanks, I just put them on a mandrel and turn. Likewise bottle stoppers. But if the blank is larger, I generally prefer to knock the corners off on a saw.

Actually, the safety instructions that came with my lathe say that if the blank is larger than 3", the corners must be cut off before turning. I tend to take published safety recommendations seriously.

[randyrls]

Originally Posted by John Gray

I am trying to trim the 90 degree corners off of some square acrylic blanks and/or wooden ones.

John; I just sand off the corners using a drum sander in my lathe. I do just before turning when the blanks are mounted on the mandrel.

[witz1976]

You could knock them off if you have a disc or belt sander..just makes a crap load of dust...never said it was perfect