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Wooden hat blocks -- bandsaw skills that you may never need

Anatole Burkin, editor

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We were recently contacted by someone asking if we had a secret trove of content on making hat blocks -- wooden forms cut on a bandsaw that hat makers use to shape chapeaus.

Needless to say, this is not a topic we've ever covered. But a quick search of YouTube revealed a video of a hat block maker cutting and shaping a form on the bandsaw and then finishing up with a pneumatic sander.

I don't plan on building myself a Stetson any time soon, but I found the video interesting, as I do anything involving woodworking.

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Ace_HoleInOne writes: Gee, would your hat expand and contract with the seasons?

Great find Anatole...what can't be done with wood!

-Ace- Posted: 5:40 pm on June 12th

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