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SteadyCurve 2.0 physically guides you just outside the lines when band sawing contoured projects, leaving just the right amount for your router to clean up. Your pattern projects will come together faster and more accurately than ever before. The template follower works much like the ball bearing on a flush trim bit. But instead of cutting precisely to the pattern, the band saw blade is held off the line by a fraction of an inch. Template followers for 1/8" and 1/4" blades come with SteadyCurve2.0 and there are optional template followers for 1/2" and 3/4" blades. The difference between the original SteadyCurve and SteadyCurve 2.0 is in the magnetic base. The new, simplified base mounts and unmounts with just one lever.
If you've embraced pattern routing as a time-saving way to create duplicate parts, SteadyCurve 2.0 is the next step in streamlining your workflow. Just mount the template to your stock one time, then rough it out and flush trim it without ever messing with the template position again. The amount of offset from the line is adjustable from barely there up to 1/4".
Position SteadyCurve 2.0 on your band saw table with the amount of blade offset you want, lower the lever to engage the magnets and you’re ready to cut. Instead of trying to follow a traced-out line, just keep the pattern against the SteadyCurve as you move along the curves…just like you do on the router table.
SteadyCurve 2.0 comes with replaceable template followers for 1/4" and 1/8" blades and works with any band saw with a cast iron or steel table and at least 12" of throat clearance. There are optional template followers for 1/2" and 3/4" blades.
Look at these exclusive SteadyCurve 2.0 features:
- Magnetic base locks SteadyCurve 2.0 to your band saw table.
- Template follower adjusts vertically for material as thin as 1/4" and up to 4".
- Thermo-polymer template followers won’t damage blades and are easily replaced when worn.
- Works with all 12" and larger band saws…with or without table extension.
- Corrosion-resistant materials and finishes used throughout for a lifetime of service.
SteadyCurve2.0 works with all types of templates, commercially made or shop made, plastic, MDF or plywood. Whatever attachment system you’re using for your router will work for SteadyCurve 2.0, as well (we prefer double-faced tape). SteadyCurve makes every contoured project go faster and smoother, and your finished parts will be more accurate.
Like all Woodpeckers products, the SteadyCurve 2.0 Band Saw Template Guide is precisely machined and carefully inspected in Strongsville, Ohio, facility just south of Cleveland.
Uses:
- Reproducing identical curved parts for chair backs, legs, and armrests
- Batch-producing drawer fronts and cabinet door profiles
- Rough cutting complex scrollwork and decorative trim before router trimming
- Making matching components for stair parts: rails, newel caps, and balusters
- Creating templates and duplicates for musical instrument bodies and braces
- Cutting matched pieces for boat trim, cockpit coamings, and small hull parts
- Producing consistent sign blanks and shaped sign letters for routing
- Fast roughing of patterns for veneered panels and laminated curves
- Preparing identical pieces for toy and puzzle production runs
- Roughing ornamental moldings and crown profiles prior to final shaping
- Reproducing parts for furniture restoration and period reproduction work
- Cutting parts for architectural millwork: window heads, pediments, and corbels
- Streamlining production of multiple jigs, fixtures, and shop templates
- Roughing ergonomic grips and contoured handles for tools and utensils
- Preparing matched pieces for layered or inlayed decorative work
- Rapid prototyping of contoured shapes for product development
- Teaching repeated pattern layout and rough cutting in woodworking classes
- Producing curved armor, costume pieces, and theatrical props
- Roughing components for model boats, cars, and architectural models
- Simplifying repeatable cuts for garden structures: trellises and curved benches
- Prepping parts for bent lamination forms and reusable bending molds -
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