That will hold everything steady while you turn the actual circle stock through the blade.
Woodworking bandsaw circle jig. I prefer laminated material such as melamine as it allows your workpiece to slide easily while cutting but regular plywood or other sheet stock with a smooth surface will work. If your jig has a fixed depth stop a cross bar that registers on the table front like this one does try adjusting the rear tacking bearings to nudge the blade forward or back. Then make yourself an auxiliary fence from another piece of 3 4 in. But if you plan to cut circles more than once a better way is this shop built adjustable circle jig.
You can cut circles on a band saw by simply driving a nail into a piece of plywood clamped to the table using the nail as a pivot point for your workpiece. Bandsaw circle jigs will give you a really close to perfect result straight off the blade requiring just a little bit of sanding and reshaping to be perfect. Cut a piece of plywood for the base of circle jig cut a piece of plywood for the base of your bandsaw jig. Free bandsaw circle jig woodworking plan this well rounded add on saws circles from 2 to 44 in diameter.
The bandsaw circle jig is a quick weekend shop project that can be made using scraps from your woodworking pile. For circles up to 16 in diameter a jig 10 to 12 long is fine. A sliding tongue easily adjusts the pivot point for different size circles. Build a bandsaw circle cutting jig at the link you will find complete instructions to build a bandsaw jig for cutting large circles.
Plywood to make the jig and attach a runner to the underside that fits in the band saw s miter gauge slot. This one off designed bandsaw circle cutting jig let s you make perfect circles of any size without drilling holes in your work leaves little to no tear out and is ready for use in a matter of. Using a circular saw or table saw rip the plywood to a width about 3 inches wider than this distance. Posted on november 17 2016 may 20 2019 author jim categories workshop bandsaw jigs tags bandsaw jigs free woodworking plans workshop projects.
The nature of circle cutting jigs is that the cutting of the wood must happen almost exactly on the axis of the pivotting point or the blade will attempt to track in the kerf causing some binding. Dig through the scrap bin and you ll easily find enough material to make this jig.