Joe, you have a talent for working with metals that is pure pleasure to observe. I learn from each of your videos and am thankful to be able to "know you" through your videos. Thanks for sharing.

What a great video, and easy way to save time cutting multiple parts. Industrial strength stretch wrap works really well also to hold your bars together. Just wrap it tightly around the bars and cut it loose with a knife when it gets close to the blade.

That's awesome how they self adjust to the angle of the vice. A concept worth remembering, it may be applicable somewhere else. Speaking of taking the time to make a mod that you've been thinking of for a while. I've been drilling holes in some 30mm square stock. Without setting up anything permanent on the drill press I want to drill a hole in the centre. What I did was turn a piece of aluminium to 30mm on the lathe and drill a hole in the middle to accept hardened 5mm steel salvaged from stressing cable. Now I can line up the 30mm aluminium over the stock with my fingers on either side and hit the 5mm centre punch. Alternatively I can push both stock and tool against something vertical clamped to the bench. Now I only measure the position along the stock to the edge of my new tool.

I always look forward to your videos. I never fail to learn something. Keep up the great work

Now that"s "thinking outside the box" Joe, great solution, thanks for sharing!

these simple little things are what makes and breaks us. thank you for sharing!

This was really clever, best solution to this problem I have ever seen! Will use. Thanks.

Joe, Thanks for showing a great way to get work done. In the job shop, time is money. Spending a little time here is saving a lot of time on the total saw time by lots. Glad you didn't use the new generation term "hack". Whenever I can set a stop, stack multiple parts, and make the setup fool proof, I'm in. I made a feeder unit for my saw (much like the ones used on hand screw machines) and it has a stop with a micro switch built into it so the saw won't start until the stock hits the stop; no accidental short pieces. I have a job with multiple parts like this coming up and I will be using your idea, making the job go so much faster. I will be in Production City! Keep on showing the smart way to do things.

Very cool. I have that exact same bandsaw, right down to the wire on the blade guard... It was a big expense for a hobbyist, but every time I use it am grateful I took the plunge on it.

Joe, we did this in my machine shop near Pittsburgh, Pa. We had to saw app. 1500 pieces of 5/8" dia. CRS one of my guy's found this on your page!! It worked out great!! Thank You! Doug

The only thing I've ever seen that even *remotely* resembled this, is one lunatic I worked for replaced the bandsaw vise with a roller chain vise grip pipe wrench welded to the bandsaw frame. I refused to use it because I could picture my exact manner of death using it... Thanks for sharing, mate!

nice job. i have never seen a blade on a ban saw. having a good saw in the shop will save you big money in the long run.

Ingenuity at it's finest. Thank you

Engineering: The application of theory. Brilliant. Thanks Joe!

Thanks, Joe! Keep those tips coming!!!

Joe, you are brilliant. I just bought an old wellsaw model 8 and this tip is priceless.

Hi Joe, Thanks for sharing all these tips. Can you talk about your work history/experience in one of your videos? I'd love to hear how you learned all this stuff. Trade school? Apprenticing? College? Also, what were some of the most challenging jobs you saw over the years, and what did you learn? Thanks.

Great idea and worked well. The outside box is filling up today.

I'll buy that for a dollar! Way to think out of the box Joe. Thanks

Hi Joe, Good method and there are times when people have problems with only one at the time... ;) Cheers, Pierre

I have to mill the ends square, on 100 pieces of 1/2" round, 1045 steel, turned, Ground and Polished rods, 15" long. . I was going to use this method to saw them to the 15" length first. Why wouldn't this work in my milling machine, to mill the ends square? The 15" dimension is not critical. I have a 6" Kurt mill vise, and I will just make another stationary fixed jaw with a stop block on it, since the original jaw is hardened. I think my jaws are 2" high so I'm going to give this a try. Just an FYI, but 7 round pieces make a circle. I cut .140 diameter pins in my small bandsaw by stretch wrapping 7 pieces together at one time. I've learned so much from you Joe! I wish I had the internet and people like you 40 years ago when I had to self teach myself machining. I did something right, because I've been in my own business making parts for the Direct Mail industry machines for 42 years and going stronger than ever!

Another great trick to squirrel away for a time of similar need. Well Done! ! ! !

I saw this video a while back -- I was impressed . Now I have the exact same circumstances that your video dictates . This is a kick ass video -- obviously I'm going to clone the setup . I think I'm going to put you on the pay roll --- tell me where to sent the checks .

Another great common sense way to fix a problem. It seems you have the same problem I do Joe , when I lay down at night to go to sleep. Some people read a book to go to sleep some watch tv , and guess some count sheep. Me I think myself to sleep. I'm always building something or fixing something. I have come up with some of my best ideas thinking myself to sleep. Keep the wheels turning , I enjoy your way of overcoming a problem no matter how good something works you seem to come up with an improvement.

When I worked in a machine shop / sheet metal shop we cut 4 pieces at a time. The bandsaw was similer to yours. Some times the parts kicked out and I had to stop it quickly. What you showed would of saved the headaches ang gotten 5 instead of only 4. Wish I would of known your trick back than. Thanks

Why is it Joe that every time i watch one of your videos i end up scratching my head and think to myself "why didn't i think of that " ! I am now thinking of doing something like that to my saw but i am thinking of mounting some 1" sq x 2" long steel blocks to the back of the fixed jaw that have a 5/8 hole bored though them to allow some 5/8 bar to be locked in with some cap screws giving two vertical posts . The anti lift plate would have a similar set up allowing it to slide up or down then locked to the required height . Just set it up with a suitable packer to give the required height or maybe an adjustable parallel then lock it up and chop away . Thanks for the video and the inspiration Joe !

great idea joe. so simple it hurts

Just need to add a stop like on the mill! Thanks for all you share with the world.

Truly inspired Joe :-) Wish I had that much brass stock!

Joe I'm a dollar short and a day late as usual. Make half round jaws for your band saw that are about the same size as the bundle you are trying to cut.' They will clamp together and hold the round stock. You can make them by splitting lengthwise SCH 80 pipe of any size you want. Another option is a diamond pattern set of jaws more or less two big angle iron jaws coming together. As long as the gaps between the jaws aren't bigger than the bar stock they will hold tight. I know you get the idea. Worth

In addition to ensuring the stop is smaller than the diameter of the stock, it is probably a good idea to also make sure the stop sticks out at least the radius of the stock, just to eliminate the potential for the top piece to roll over the stop.

Like the idea...I would tap some 3/8-16 holes along the top edge of your stop block to allow for different material sizes....using some fully threaded jack screws for the now adjustable stop...I know you already knew this....don't forget jammer-nut...LOL

Great trick, thanks for sharing AND explaining!

Very smart idea Joe.

Cool Joe, nice saw and a smart idea. After a hour or two your going to dream brass round cut offs lol . Thanks for tip. God Bless Ya Dave

Love your work, again. Thanks!!!!!

clever, love a simple creative solution like this

glad I watched a second time.....Thanks Joe, Paul in Florida.....

Great Idea! Thanks a lot for your time and content! Your awesome!!!

Nice tip! An idea that came to mind was a pice with a slot milled in to it on the fixed side and a pice with a thru slot milled on the moving side. Then you can have a pice of flat stock in the milled pockets and fit how ever many round bars you can fit in your saw. Just stack them the same way you did.

Very cool Joe!

Mahalo for the tip. I've learned a lot from what you do. Keep on keeping on.

Awesome tip, thanks for sharing ;-)

Another one of Your superb ideas Cap'n. Tremendous. Thanks always for showing and sharing. ATB aRM

Still using this tip today. Have (16) 12' round stock to cut 3.5" at a time. Thank you.

Great idea Joe, thanks.

Brilliant!! Thanks so much for sharing!

Great tip Joe ~

I was more impressed with the outboard set up on the cart in the way you have that bundled

Nice idea. I've been thinking of making new vise jaws that would allow me to hold short pieces better (ie closer to the blade) and this would also be a good addition to a new design. Most H band saws seem to have just enough of a vise so they can say they have one but seems no one has put much thought into it.

Nice idea. That should work with other types of saws as well. Now if we can figure out a way to make them adjustable to work with varied sizes of material without having to change them each and every time the material size changes. I've already got an idea on that, but describing it would be a long, drawn out process... and I've probably over complicated it already

genius as always Joe! thanks for sharing

Joe Great tip, thank you !! Best regards from Albion Park, NSW, Australia

Nice idea. Will certainly give this a try. Thanks for posting.

Awesome Joe, thanks for sharing

Great tip!

nice. I've frequently used electrical tape stretched around the bundle every two feet or so and cut - then I go and add another band of tape and repeat.

If you would make your lip a angle iron and slot the holes horizontal you would be able to use your mod for multiple sizes of pipe

great idea!

Good idea .

Brilliant idea..thanks Joe!!!👍

hey Joe. love your videos and appreciate you spending your time to make them ,and help others like myself to learn some tricks of the trade. an idea for a video ! maybe drilling on a lathe, vs using reamers and boaring etc. differences​ plus and minus of one vs the other ?. just a thought. I picked up a OLD South bend 9 ! and have been learning how to properly use it, as a hobby..and some gun smithing work. thanks again for your time and effort with all the videos!!

I used to do this same thing with aircraft tubes we had anywhere from 4 to 10 or 12 stacked up pending on the diameter only we tack welded the ends.

Short, sweet and efficient. What can you ask more?

Thanks for this, will work well in my shop !!

I clamp 4 bars together with c clamps, on the sides and the top and bottom. Works great

It is always better to work smart than to work hard.

thank you Joe

Thanks for sharing.

Nice and thanks for the Safety.

Wonderful Joe...

very smart Joe!

You're hired. 😉

Hey Joe, you are not just a pretty face.👌👌👌

You mister just saved me 7 trillion dollars and BDP of a whole nation. I'm doing that on monday.

Great idea Thanks Joe

Great tip, thank you so much for sharing..

nice solution

Just brilliant.

You card. 😂 Thanks, John

Very clever

Great vid! If 5, then why not 6? The back one will push and spread the next two, which in turn would lock the front 3 in place. Maybe? I'm going to try it!!

Nice tip Joe, do these more expensive bandsaws actually cut straight & square? The cheap one I have is a bit hit and miss on that front, I'm guessing that they will never be that accurate compared to a lathe/mill though??

Great idea. I wonder if you could have tapped the stationary jaw and then slotted the piece that rest on top of your work. The would allow you to cut several different sizes.

Hi Joe, I am assuming [with all attendant dangers] that you removed your stop fence for clarity in this video. A stop fence is the first and most useful of additions to any cut off saw or band saw.

Any chance ce you could stick a bundle of round stock in a lathe chuck and face them at once? Good idea? Bad idea? Why or why not? Thanks Joe!

Great concept. You seem to have a great sense for work holding across the board. Much appreciated. Just curious, do you know off the top of your head what kind of coolant that you're using there? It's so vibrantly blue, never seen that before. Thanks

This might just work with pipes too... could save some time in my job. Wonder how easy it would be to build a trolley that slides on a couple of angle irons.. I mean how to attach the angle irons to the floor and to level them up. Would be perfect in our small shop.

The only thing you need now is the identical type clamp on a tail end trolley. 🖒

if you could make the block you added adjustable for different diameters of stock that would be cool..either way genius haha

Foo! never knew all that - having seen / read blurb from steel stockists with illustrations showing cutting multiples AND when choosing new blades - was aware of the practice - I've had to pad stock to gain clearance because of existing fitments to the stock - not seating properly in the jaw and have come across this . NOTE I have a Fendo 250A Super. It's Blade runs in reverse to yours - ie it is pulled along the TOP. Will I be correct in saying that the fixture should be made to the other side of the Jaw?. Great stuff!

There's ALWAYS one, isn't there! - me today: - your Blade is running BACKWARDS! - well I have a Fendo and unlike most, it runs opposite to yours and the Vice is Self-Centreing . I have seen Blades advertised for cutting bundles and part of the reasoning for Bundles is to do with the TPI and thin X-Sections. I have some Large Dia very Hard Chrome and then smaller sections Mild Steel to cut - It's quite a Fuss to be changing Blades all the time apart from Cost - Cost hast to be accepted , I guess - part of doing the job - like set-up time. Hadn't thought of Modifying the Vice like yours, but we use scrap bars to wedge the work piece . Certainly, now I will go ahead and make a Top Lock. Have you done a video on Setting up Bandsaws, discussing TPI etc ? My Pet issue is- How to accurately cut Steel sections to Length and angle, - the Blade wants to Creep off the Square! I end up running around the Yard in frustration :-) THanks for keeping us THINKING

I use DRO and Mitutoyo calipers so my accuracy is there in my tools. About 95% of my work is within 0.002. But sometimes something weird happens and I find myself about 0.020 off at the end of the job. I have a machine shop here on a plantation so most of my jobs are one of a kind. Sometimes I suspect an end mill is off spec but have never found one to be more than 0.002 off. (Name brands by the way). The tram of my vise gets off despite having it very tight. Kurt has a CNC vise with four bolts that I have considered switching to. Do you think that would be better at staying true?

nice one

Cool trick I like it.

that's pretty bad ass...

Hi Joe - Appreciate all the videos. By any chance do you have the part number for the pivoting blade guard off your saw? My Jet model doesn't have one and need to retrofit one to it before student use.

Hi Joe !I use Vice grip chain clamp tool.....works pissa :)Dean

One question Joe. Why are you wet cutting brass? I would think it would be easier to handle several hundred pieces if you don't have to clean the coolant off of them prior to any secondary operation.

cool deal bud!