Float - interesting tooth pattern
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>Found this trolling ebay, looked very interesting, reminds me of a hand made file act-a-like. Anybody have any experience with one of these?
Pam
Float - interesting tooth pattern
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Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#2How big is it?
Stephen in Utah
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#3Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia
>Not sure with the fleam and consequent lack of a "flat" resulting surface that this item qualifies as a float. Looks more like a wide kerf slot cutting hand saw. Probably user built,like most floats, but the intended job it is for....? Neat tool. Good eyes,Pam. JR
Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#4for cross-grain work
Larry Williams
>Here's a similar float I think was intended as a mouth saw.
Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#5Re: How big is it?
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>12 15/16" long overall, blade is 7 3/4" long, toothed for 2 3/8"
Pam
Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#6Maybe for making finger joints?
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
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#7Re: for cross-grain work
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>Thanks, Larry. By mouth saw do you mean a saw used to cut openings in the middle of boards? Similar to keyhole saws?
Pam
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#8Re: for cross-grain work
Larry Williams
>Yeah, Pam. Like a saw, these floats have fleam to avoid tear out on the sides of the kerf they cut.
Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#9Larry, does fleam = lancet?
Stephen in Utah
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#10Re: Larry, does fleam = lancet?
Larry Williams
>A quick check of the dictionary shows one definition of fleam is a kind of lancet. The second definition is "the beveled leading edge of a sawtooth." I was thinking of the second definition, Steven.
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#11Re: Maybe for making finger joints?
ThomD
>Are there many pervasive/significant examples of finger joints in pre-industrial furniture, I have never seen any that weren't machine cut, but my experience is not that great.
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#12Re: Maybe for making finger joints?
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>I certainly don't know, was trying to imagine situations in which a wide kerf would be useful. The most memorable use of finger joints I've seen are in a Graflex 4X5 camera, which were definitely factory made.
Pam
Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#13Knuckle Joints?
Stephen in Utah
>I don't know how wide the saw/float is but it could be used for making moving knuckle joints. I could have used one like this for cutting slots for leg and arm joints in a dozen traditional 'Penny Wooden Dolls' I just made up.
Stephen
Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#14Oh, yeah, cool.
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
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Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#15So....how wide a kerf does it cut?
Stephen in Utah
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#16Re: So....how wide a kerf does it cut? *LINK*
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>Don't know, but suppose you could extrapolate from the photo and dimensions given.
Re: Float - interesting tooth pattern
#17Sorry, I thought you owned it?
Stephen in Utah
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