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Thanks Bit, or should I say Mr Broke?

I am guessing this is meant for a band saw?
I have a similar one I use on the table saw that is adjustable using the fence and the addition of a "hold down" piece for the top.
The concept is the same.
 
Pretty neat jig. If I feel the need to cut some corners, i usually just run the blank, on the mandrel, on my band saw. Do you have to hold the blank down on the jig with your fingers?
 
Originally posted by Russb
<br />I often wonder if some of the jigs like this are really necessary. Just turn the corners off. But then again we all do what works for us so I should just keep quiet.
Sorry just had to get it off my chest.

Gary, if I understand your method seems like you risk the blade grabbing you blank/mandrel and ruining your blade, blank, mandrel, a finger, and your day. I know you've been doing this forever and it works.....

Now that I've said this I feel better.........
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It depends.
I have worked with some acrylics that wound up with "stress cracks" because of the shock of the tool I would imagine hitting the "flat side"
I am self taught so I know my techniques are not what one may call "traditional" but they work for me.
When I do some of my glue ups I use every little trick I can muster to put the odds in my favore against not having a blank blow up.
Try turning a <b>cross cut </b>piece of red palm without rounding the corners. YOu may find out why some of us use little tricks like this one.[^]

AS far as running something on a mandrel on a motorized saw.
If you have the skill and technique and it works that is one thing.
The only ferrous metal I try to have on top of my table saw is the blade.
 
I take my time and my fingers nor the mandrel does not come near the blade. Well not near enough to make me nervious. [B)] My question was, what holds down the blank in the jig?
 
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