Rikon 10-3061 10" Bandsaw

The Rikon 10 inch bandsaw was the main shaping tool for the Hardwood Reindeer and Sleighs. Those gifts depended on compound cuts through glued-up hardwood blanks, so the saw had to make readable silhouettes without losing the natural contrast in the stock.

It handled the kind of shaping that makes those reindeer work: antlers, legs, curves, and the dimensional profile that turns a block into a little gift object.

For that project, the bandsaw was not just cutting parts to size. It was the tool that gave the hardwood blanks their character.