I'd be real careful trying to cut a circle on a table saw. That is a kick back waiting to be turned loose. A band saw could do the job with the right accessories because they were made to cut that way.
Woodcraft and Rockler along with most other suppliers sell attachments you can use to help cut a circle. Most go up to a 48 inch length so that would give you a knights of the round table type of top. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle Hi Rodger, How big do you want the table top? Using a table saw I read about this procedure which seams fairly easy. For example you want a 3'diameter top. you make a support that will be clamped to the table of the saw with a small nail protruding 18" from one end. Now this support arm is positioned so that the nail is 18" from the blade. This is the radius of the circle. Now place your plywood on the nail with the blade lowered.As you slowly raise the blade while spinning the plywood the pivot you will cut a perfect circle. A similar technique may be used with a router table and If using hand held cutters then you would cut from the top and use the pivot arm to support the router or saw I thought that I saved the original information but my magic fingers took care of that. I will try and find it for you. Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodger Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:45 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cutting a circle Can anyone tell me how to cut a circle out of a sheet of plywood for a table? I have all the saws and tools for most things but am still learning from your shows how to use them in different ways. I need to make a few different jigs for different shapes and could enjoy hearing from you on how to make them. Thanks for your helping advice. Rodger Hood in Fresno, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
