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A saw - finally!
Skip in Falls Church
>I finally got my brass backed saw made! Okay, it's still in the construction phase - no teeth and the handle only has one coat of BLO - but it is recongnizably a saw. The blade is 8" long and the handle is curly maple. The brass has some hammer tracks along the back - but I think I can reduce that on my next one. I'll probably cut the teeth in it next weekend. I couldn't stand it though, I had to post some pictures of it.
Skip
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A smaller saw
Skip in Falls Church
>I made this out of a scrap piece left over from my saw blade making activities. I used it to "fine tune" the slot in the handle of the back saw I just made. I've needed to do that in the past and never had a tool to do it with very well - so this time I made a saw to do it. It's a 12 point (or close to that) rip with no set that cuts on the pull stroke. It was really handy for making getting the blade to seat right in the slot.
Skip
A smaller saw 2
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Re: A saw - finally!
mikew
>Hey Skip--Awesome!
Great job on both the saw and the saw/knife. Tis fun, isn't it?
Take care, Mike
Spindles - probably OT
Skip in Falls Church
>But what the heck. I've hade a burst of enery this "weekend" - which, as a shift worker oftem falls during the week. My wife has been wanting some more drop spindles - she doesn't usually spin with them, she uses her spinning wheel for that, but she likes them for plying. She bought a block of soap stone at Wood Craft several years ago thinking she'd like to carve it. Well, it's been sitting around since them and she gave up any ideas about carving it so I decided to try turning it into spindle whorls.
I'd never used soap stone before - but it is really easy to work with. I used a hole saw to cut it into a cylinder then cut the whorls off at different thicknesses to make drop spindles of varying weights.
Okay, they're not woodworking tools - but they are hand tools. :)
Skip
Re: Spindles - probably OT
Skip in Falls Church
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Skip in Falls Church
>Thanks Mike,
That means a lot - especially soming from you. It just seems like you can't make just one. :)
Skip
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Hank Knight in SC
>Skip, that's a great looking saw. I'm impressed.
Thanks Hank!
Skip in Falls Church
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L. Hanson
>Outstanding work, Skip! The saw and the spindles look great... I need to get to work on some myself.
Keep up the good work!
Leif
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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia
>Nice! Sort of a saw handle float...Brilliant. Beautiful saw start too!JR
Re: A saw - finally!
Derek Cohen (in Perth Australia)
>Skip
That is really superb work. I can see that both saws are going to become heritage-listed, are worth treasuring, and will be used with pride for many years to come.
Regards from Perth
Derek
They look great Skip!
Scott Burr in rainy Ben Lomond,CA
>Love the steak knife, or is that stake knife...;^)
The saw look great as does the knife. I have some pork chops going here soon hmmmmmm. I'll take the knife!
Searously, Very nice work! OK enough...
BTW, I finished the Mesquite spoke shave! Bummer is I left the card from the camera at work...pic to come.
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Stephen Kirk in Quakertown, PA
>Nice looking saw and spindles. I should start making some spindles for my wife as well, but if I do that, then I'll have to make a spinning wheel, and I do that I'll need to make a loom, and if I do that, I guess another room to hold it. I don't know what comes after that.
Re: They look great Skip!
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(
>Really looking good Skip!
Did the saw "blade" start life out as a card scraper?
Make sure to post some post-construction pics, with action shots!
Todd O.
Cool! Or should I say warm...
Scott Burr in rainy Ben Lomond,CA
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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>Very nice, Skip. I like your "saw knife" as well. Occurred to me that another tool that would be good for this job is a plane abutment saw used in making Japanese dai, small, stiff, almost no set. Many say that you can do this with a flush cut saw instead, but I think the flush cut a bit too flexible. Did we talk about this before, in an earlier thread? Or has my brain turned to mush? :)
Pam
Looks great!
Frank D. in Montreal
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geppetto
>Hi Skip,
if the question isn't inapt.. may I ask you where do you find the steel for the blade and screws?
Many thanks in advance
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geppetto
>Excuse me, I forgot : it's an awesome saw! Good work!
Thanks Frank!
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Skip in Falls Church
>Thanks Pam,
Actually it is pretty flexible - but since I'm only using it in an already established kerf - back inside the handle, I don't see that as a problem. My intent was to avoid having to cut the slot in the handle deeper and deeper with a regular saw when all I needed was some "spot" removal. :)
We did talk about this before - but about a flush cutting saw I made. I do have to say that I found forming rip teeth to cut on the pull stroke easier and a lot more intuitive than making cross cut teeth to cut on the pull stroke.
Skip
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Skip in Falls Church
>Thanks Stephen,
Heck, make the spindles - it took my wife a while to move on to a spinning wheel. OTOH I bought her a loom as a wedding present. Beware of looms though - after that you'll be making things like shuttles, boat shuttles and maybe even a raddle. (No, I didn't mispell rattle.) But if there is any mention of warping a loom - make arrangments to be far away when it needs to be done.
Skip
Re: They look great Skip!
Skip in Falls Church
>Thanks Scott,
It does look disturbingly like a steak knife, doesn't it? :) But I thought the shape would make it easier to take out just that little bit at the back of the slot to get the blade to fit without sawing the handle in half. Or sa2wing into parts of the handle you don't want to.
I can't wait to see the picture of your mesquite spoke shave. When I get around to a travisher I think I'd like to try some mesquite.
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