Seeking advice on best way to cut bowl blanks from green wood.
I had a small maple tree cut and started cutting some of the pieces into bowl blanks on my bandsaw. I've used similar technique before, but this time ran into unexpected problem. About 1/2 way through the cut, the kerf pinced the blade and sawing came to screeching halt - literally as the belts started slipping. I was eventually able to extract the blade w/o damaging it, but left me worried that my technique is wrong.
The saw is setup with a 1/2 in, 4 TPI blade. My technique is to use a sled to square up and cut the log into a appropriately sized cylinder. The length of the cut approx equal to the diameter of the log.
Then set the cylinder upright and saw down the middle - making 2 blanks:
The blade bound on this piece after I got a little less than 1/2 through the cut. I'd successfully cut 8 other blanks before running into this problem.
1) Is this a reasonable way to cut bowl blanks from green wood?
2) Is there anyway to avoid the blade binding.
I had a small maple tree cut and started cutting some of the pieces into bowl blanks on my bandsaw. I've used similar technique before, but this time ran into unexpected problem. About 1/2 way through the cut, the kerf pinced the blade and sawing came to screeching halt - literally as the belts started slipping. I was eventually able to extract the blade w/o damaging it, but left me worried that my technique is wrong.
The saw is setup with a 1/2 in, 4 TPI blade. My technique is to use a sled to square up and cut the log into a appropriately sized cylinder. The length of the cut approx equal to the diameter of the log.
Then set the cylinder upright and saw down the middle - making 2 blanks:
The blade bound on this piece after I got a little less than 1/2 through the cut. I'd successfully cut 8 other blanks before running into this problem.
1) Is this a reasonable way to cut bowl blanks from green wood?
2) Is there anyway to avoid the blade binding.