Patent ID: 6220132
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B23D,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of utilizing a band saw to cut an arcuate panel from a piece of wood stock, comprising:a. securing the piece of wood stock to a rotating support that is attached to a carriage that is disposed adjacent a band saw;b. positioning the carriage at a first cutting position;c. rotating the support relative to the carriage and moving the wood stock into cutting engagement with a band saw blade;d. continuing to rotate the support and the wood stock so as to result in the band saw blade forming a first arcuate cut in the wood stock;e. advancing the carriage a selected distance towards the band saw blade to where the carriage assumes a second cutting position;f. rotating the support relative to the carriage and moving the wood stock into cutting engagement with the band saw;g. continuing to rotate the support and the wood stock and cutting a second arcuate cut in the wood stock that is generally parallel to the first arcuate cut; andh. wherein the first and second arcuate cuts result in an arcuate shaped panel being cut from the wood stock with the first arcuate cut forming an upper edge of the arcuate panel and the second arcuate cut forming the lower edge of the arcuate panel such that the upper and lower edges lie in a general parallel relationship.