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Shop Tip #293
© Frank Ford 2006; Photo by FF

If you need to cut a board to rough length and it's too long to cross cut in the bandsaw,  you can hold it safely upright if you "clamp" it against the upright of the saw with one hand as you guide it through the blade with the other.