How about some hand saw recommendations

Re: How about some hand saw recommendations

Stephen Kirk in Quakertown PA


>Well, I do have a Disston 2 man crosscut saw, about 6 feet long, and a 1-2 man limbing saw. Those would probably be the best I can find. Splitting the line would be a piece of cake. Now, I'll have to pivot the bench out so I can get one person on either side.

All kidding aside, I have a panel saw I need to learn to sharpen, and it has a lot easier to see teeth. It's crosscut, but should still work. I had never though of trying a dovetail with a 21" saw. I've got lots of scraps I can give it a shot on, though.

Re: OCT PW

Stephen Kirk in Quakertown PA


>I will be sure to read it when that issue comes out!

Re: How about some hand saw recommendations

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX


>This was Mark Grable's, a metate (Japanese saw fixer/sharpener), suggestion. I tried it a couple of times on scrap and think he's right.

Pam

Enjoy. Please let us know how it works for you.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

Agreeded!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA


>Kinda like doing every planning task with a No.7.

Re: Agreed?

William Duffield, on the Cohansey


>More like trying to do it all with a #40 (scrub plane), I think. The flexibility of a jointer, especially a L-N (bedrock design), makes it capable of precision work and finesse at trying, jointing and smoothing, even if a bit unwieldy for doing work on small pieces. OTOH, the 2 person crosscut and the scrub are only capable of rough, brutal work.

Re: How about some hand saw recommendations

Donald Pierson


>Stephen,

Tuesday was my 71st birthday and yesterday I received a LN Independence dovetail saw that my daughter bought me as a present. I have several gent saws, japanese dovetail saws, etc. and the LN is head and shoulders above the rest. I cut some twisted dovetail joints out of hard cherry...half inch and three-quarter inch...and the stiffness of the blade gives a really planar cut...like a hot knife through butter. The curly maple handle is a real beaut. It is a saw to proud of...I have a nice daughter!...Don in Vancouver,WA,USA

I see you point William...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA


>But, I still can't see anybody cutting a reasonable DT with a Disston D8 5 ppi rip saw. For the most part that is.

Re: I see you point William...

William Duffield, on the Cohansey


>Yes, 5 ppi is a bit coarse. However, did you ever see the St. Roy episode on building the Library of Congress, in which he built packing crates/bookshelves from 8/4 walnut planks, as had been done to ship Thos. Jefferson's library from Monticello to Washington? A D8 might have done that job.

The Woodwright used a differnent trick, a bowsaw with a blade with a 90� kink in the middle, to automatically transform from the sides to the bottoms of the dovetails. He didn't mention whether he had filed one end of the bandsaw blade rip, and the other end crosscut.

Re: I see you point William...

Stephen Kirk in Quakertown, PA


>So, my 2 ppi two man crosscut saw may be just a bit too coarse?