Question 1:

From Karen:
Bandsaw set-up: I was watching one of Matt Monaco’s bowl-turning lessons, and while he was cutting, the bandsaw suddenly made a different noise, a higher pitch, like it was revving up. I get this noise too when cutting around a curve and don’t know why – I think it has to do with the saw set-up as I’m using a blade size that is ok for the radius I want.

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Question 2:

From James:
So I have a smallish basement shop and do not have room for a jointer–well a jointer with a board on it. So my thought is to use hand planes to flatten my stock.

I recently got a #5 and it has been great. I can flatten certain lengths pretty easily. Longer lengths seem to be advised to be done with a jointer plane like a #7. That plane, however, seems to always be way lower on the list of suggested planes for folks. Even further complicating it, the rule of thumb math doesn’t seem to add up. If a plane can usually flatten a board about twice its length, wouldn’t a #7 be limited to under 4′?

Question 3:

From Bart:
I have a 13″ wide piece of 10/4 black locust and was asked to make an outdoor table. The piece is around 8 feet long. I am a hobbyist and don’t have a bandsaw. I was looking for alternatives to running it through my 13″ lunch box planer or handsawing. Because the width is too much for a jigsaw (it doesn’t seem safe), I ruled that out. I figured that I could run through the table saw to get started and I do have a sawzall and can get blades that would be long enough. Do you know of any resaw-type blades for Sawzall or a favorite technique of all time for the week?

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