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wheeltapper:
Hi
This is a little quickie, I,like many others, own a small import horizontal bandsaw.
when cutting a lot of pieces to the same length the backstop is used.
on mine and others I imagine, the backstop consists of a 10mm dia rod fixed to the back of the vice with a cast metal piece that slides along it.

the problem starts when the cut is nearly through, the cut piece can twist and jam between the stop and the blade, possibly breaking the blade.
I have seen a tip whereby you place a block of metal between the stop and the end of whatever you're cutting so there is a gap.

my idea is, machine a collar to slide on the rod between the stop and the vice with a setscrew to lock it in place, then, place the work in the vice set at the correct distance to cut, bring the stop up to the end of the work, then move the collar up to touch the inside of the stop and lock it.

then you can move the stop away from the work, cut the piece, put the stop back to the collar, move the work up to the stop, move the stop and cut.
rinse and repeat.

bit of a long winded explanation I know but takes seconds to set up.

I would put a pic up but Photowreckit has gone down.

I hope this is helpful to somebody.

cheers
Roy

Beone:
How about have a small piece of scrap that you place between the stock and collar, lock vice,r remove scrap, cut, then move the stock out to the scrap against the stop, remove scrap, cut, etc?

wheeltapper:
Hi
that sounds like you are over complicating things. the collar is only 14 or 15mm dia.
I put the collar on as a positive location for the stop and to get rid of odd bits that get dropped, lost or whatever.

Roy.

Lew_Merrick_PE:
My approach (dating to the 1980's) was to mill the touching end of the casting square to the rod and press in a round end tip of (say) ø.250 round bar the projects (about) .375 from the "machined end."  This gives me a point contact that easily clears the cut piece allowing it to drop.  [I then built a "ramp" that allows the "cut piece" to slide into a "box" for collection.]

Steamer5:
Hi Roy,
 Here's how I solved the same issue. It's not my idea as it was posted up by one of the guys on the bandsaw group just my version. It's part of an update to my saw. As you can see I've extended the fix jaw out past the blade, stops the cut off bit from going anywhere. The adjustable end stop pivots on the Rod & the screw thread knob is "calibrated" to 10 divisions on A 6 x 1 mm thread.

Cheers Kerrin

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