{"id":2161,"date":"2011-06-28T18:59:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T22:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2011-06-28T19:00:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T23:00:03","slug":"a-better-way-to-clamp-jigs-to-your-bandsaw-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/tips-tricks\/a-better-way-to-clamp-jigs-to-your-bandsaw-table\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Way to Clamp Jigs to Your Bandsaw Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After hours at our stores this month, we&#8217;ve been hosting a series of\u00a0 seminars called <em>How to Get The Most Out of Your Bandsaw <\/em>(<a title=\"getting the most out of your bandsaw demo seminar, woodworking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=2085\">info<\/a>). Our demonstrator, Joe, has a pile of smart jigs for doing operations like pattern cutting, repetitive curve cutting, log slicing, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>But what really caught my eye was this smart clamping block:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2164\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2164\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2164\" title=\"bandsaw-demo-tucson_001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_001-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Clamping block with a rare earth magnet\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_001-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_001-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click to zoom) The underside of a bandsaw table isn&#39;t smooth but has ridges, which makes attaching a clamp a small chore. These blocks cut to fit within the recesses on the bottom also have a magnet to hold them to the table. wah-la!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2165\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2165\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2165\" title=\"bandsaw-demo-tucson_002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_002-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"magnetized clamping blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_002-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_002-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See that?  The Rare Earth magnet is recessed into the block flush. Since it&#39;ll stick right to the bandsaw door, you&#39;ll never lose it. And since it&#39;ll stick to the under side of the table, you can dedicate both hands to snugging down your clamp rather than fidgiting with it all and wishing you had a third hand.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2163\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2163\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2163\" title=\"bandsaw-demo-tucson_035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_035-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"The serious work of woodwork\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_035-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bandsaw-demo-tucson_035-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The easy clamping block makes jig set up a much simpler action. And now.... on to the real work of woodwork.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After hours at our stores this month, we&#8217;ve been hosting a series of\u00a0 seminars called How to Get The Most Out of Your Bandsaw (info). Our demonstrator, Joe, has a pile of smart jigs for doing operations like pattern cutting, repetitive curve cutting, log slicing, and so on. But what really caught my eye was <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/tips-tricks\/a-better-way-to-clamp-jigs-to-your-bandsaw-table\/\">&#8230;<br \/><small><em><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/em> <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[71,70,67],"class_list":["post-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","tag-bandsaw","tag-demos","tag-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2161"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}