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Well done Miles as others have said about kerf and size of blank I prefer either all at 45 deg or lesser angle to make a larger knot provided all 4 cuts are at the same angle. I am experimenting doing celtic knots using very thin veneer and putting alloy (coke can) in the centre these just fit in the kerf of the bandsaw blade. I am still perfecting the jig I have built for the bandsaw and what I have discovered is not only do the four sides of the blank have to be exactly the same but the ends of the blank have to be exactly square(a lot bought off the shelf are not) against the stop block on the jig otherwise the cuts are not starting at the same place everytime you turn the blank for the next cut. Today I am off out to the workshop to make a stop block for the end of the jig so the cut stops at exactly the same place every time instead of me guessing what an 1/8th of an inch should look like. I have a small table saw I can cut celtic knots on too but the kerf is much wider and veneer much thicker but will have a go at this sometime think I get more fun out of building jigs and fooling about than the finished article.

<blockquote data-quote="bigbob" data-source="post: 277251" data-attributes="member: 699"><p>Well done Miles as others have said about kerf and size of blank I prefer either all at 45 deg or lesser angle to make a larger knot provided all 4 cuts are at the same angle. I am experimenting doing celtic knots using very thin veneer and putting alloy (coke can) in the centre these just fit in the kerf of the bandsaw blade. I am still perfecting the jig I have built for the bandsaw and what I have discovered is not only do the four sides of the blank have to be exactly the same but the ends of the blank have to be exactly square(a lot bought off the shelf are not) against&nbsp; the stop block on the jig otherwise the cuts are not starting at the same place everytime you turn the blank for the next cut. Today I am off out to the workshop to make a stop block for the end of the jig so the cut stops at exactly the same place every time instead of me guessing what an 1/8th of an inch should look like. I have a small table saw I can cut celtic knots on too but the kerf is much wider and veneer much thicker but will have a go at this sometime think I get more fun out of building jigs and fooling about than the finished article.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="bigbob, post: 277251, member: 699"] Well done Miles as others have said about kerf and size of blank I prefer either all at 45 deg or lesser angle to make a larger knot provided all 4 cuts are at the same angle. I am experimenting doing celtic knots using very thin veneer and putting alloy (coke can) in the centre these just fit in the kerf of the bandsaw blade. I am still perfecting the jig I have built for the bandsaw and what I have discovered is not only do the four sides of the blank have to be exactly the same but the ends of the blank have to be exactly square(a lot bought off the shelf are not) against the stop block on the jig otherwise the cuts are not starting at the same place everytime you turn the blank for the next cut. Today I am off out to the workshop to make a stop block for the end of the jig so the cut stops at exactly the same place every time instead of me guessing what an 1/8th of an inch should look like. I have a small table saw I can cut celtic knots on too but the kerf is much wider and veneer much thicker but will have a go at this sometime think I get more fun out of building jigs and fooling about than the finished article. [/QUOTE]

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