Thread: "Disston #15"

Paul

Good to hear from you. Nice saw and a good subject for your "comeback."

I had not heard of Charles Earnst, but he makes a good saw. I like that style of lambs tongue handle with the deep step before the grip. If I had to be critical, and for US$900 I think that is permitted, the mahogany timber is a little coarse grained and the ebonising and shellac finishing has done nothing to fill the natural depressions. The saw plate at .042" is a little thick for a 26" saw. That .042", back in the day, would have only be seen on a 30" saw (.039" for a 28" version),although I have to admit that as time went on plate thickness tended to increase.

Just me being a bit picky. It looks as though the teeth have sloped gullets or what I prefer to call angled teeth. Nice. It looked as though a video should be available, presumeably showing Mr. Earnst cutting a piece of 1/¾" Red Oak, but the video would not load for me.

Regards
Paul

I’ve Been following Charlie on Facebook from a very humble beginnings he’s come quite away, he’s thrown him self at the art of saw making,an it shows.
He’s doing some wonderful saws.

Cheers Matt.

Certainly a nice job & looks very nicely sharpened to boot! Apart from Paul's critique, I noticed a few gaps around the brass inlay detracting from the 'premium' class. Make no mistake, I'm not claiming I could do better, I know how difficult it can be to inlay metal seamlessly!

With wood-in-wood inlay, you can squeeze the inlay into a tight recess so that the edges are truly gap-free, & even if some sections aren't as tight as you'd wish, the more fuzzy edges tend to disguise it:

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But it takes another order of precision to get as good results with a metal-in-wood inlay. As experience stuffing infill planes has taught me, the most minute gap tends to show, thanks to the edges of the metal providing a sharp reference line. I lost track of how many hours it took me to fit the stuffing in my first infill & though I eventually got it close enough for a "user", I wouldn't claim it is a premium job... :no:

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:)
Cheers,