Woodworking Tip: Quick, Square Cuts

By alama | January 25, 2022 |

Woodworking Tip: Quick, Square Cuts

This quick tip will help you get 90 degree cuts at the band saw without taking the time to mark them out with a pencil and square.

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11 Comments

  1. Sajid Rafique on January 25, 2022 at 9:49 pm

    wow..simply elegant



  2. Eric Simpson on January 25, 2022 at 9:52 pm

    Nice tip tahnks for sharing



  3. Dan Gilbert on January 25, 2022 at 9:52 pm

    Brilliant!



  4. Al Heeley on January 25, 2022 at 9:54 pm

    the best tips are the simplest, once someone with experience points them out to you 😉



  5. lai tui on January 25, 2022 at 9:59 pm

    👍



  6. Jeff P on January 25, 2022 at 10:15 pm

    Bravo! Nice quick, consice tip without hearing 8 minutes of why it has been so long since your last video or how your dog got sick or whatever else YouTubers think we just HAVE to hear. Thank You.



  7. Larry Callander on January 25, 2022 at 10:20 pm

    Wow! Epiphany! (sudden realization) I’ve been woodworking for 60 years and that was a new idea for me. Thanks



  8. Myka Hunt on January 25, 2022 at 10:28 pm

    cool trick
    I just use a miter saw



  9. ken coleman on January 25, 2022 at 10:30 pm

    Excellent. I really enjoy quick, useful videos that improve my woodworking.



  10. EG Bluesuede on January 25, 2022 at 10:37 pm

    good quick tip.



  11. Bob Weiram on January 25, 2022 at 10:38 pm

    It took me a while to figure out why my cuts using the miter gauge were always slightly out of square on my bandsaw. The miter slot has to be parallel with the blade. This is hard to setup since the blade doesn’t have enough reference surface area to indicate off of. I solved the problem by setting the miter 90 degrees to the front edge of the table and use it to make a long cut down a perfectly square piece of stock. I the set the miter gauge angle so that the cut edge is 90 degrees to the front edge of the table.