Is a saw a saw?

**snafuspyramid** · 16th October 2012, 12:44 PM

I threw out the plastic saws. I paid $20 for four saws at a flea market in Bendigo. One is an old Disston handsaw with rip profile, with a pretty relaxed hang angle and 7 tpi. There's another unbranded saw, crosscut 6tpi, obviously more recent (with the sad remains of some varnish on the handle) but with a dead straight sawplate and a handle that feels great to me. There's also a ripsaw with 5 tpi and monstrously aggressive rake. Finally, there's another tenon saw, this one 13tpi crosscut and 10" long. This has a nice thin plate and great handle, but is missing a nut and might come up with pitting. All need a good deal of work, but mainly the Disston, with the typical cracked horn. What can I use to replace Applewood?ImageUploadedByTapatalk1350351854.491458.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1350351889.622585.jpg

**ch!ppy** · 16th October 2012, 01:02 PM

sometimes the cracks can be opened a fraction and glue forced in then clamped back together, if its too damaged then you chisel out the offending section and replace, often times with anything that semi matches but if you wait around for a while and keep looking for more saws you will come across some that have handles that are broken, perhaps beyond whats worth fixing, you can use them for parts and take bits off the handle, often beech or apple wood etc, other wise prune your, or the woman around the corner fruit tree

and cure it for ages , you would expect you could get some tiny bits of useable wood from that (assuming you get some substantial limbs)

cheers
chippy

ps; the plastic handle saws could have been used for something, perhaps to practice sharpening on ....etc

**snafuspyramid** · 16th October 2012, 01:25 PM

Good idea chippy, I'll fish out a plastic saw or two. Should I use hide glue? That is, the bottled Titebond stuff, I'm not yet medieval enough to bust out a hot glue pot...

**ch!ppy** · 16th October 2012, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by snafuspyramid

Good idea chippy, I'll fish out a plastic saw or two. Should I use hide glue? That is, the bottled Titebond stuff, I'm not yet medieval enough to bust out a hot glue pot...

i dont see why not, titebond have a few different flavours from memory, assuming you use one suited to the job i'm sure it would work, also those hot stuff instant (ish) glues from places like carbatek etc would work too

cheers
chippy

medievil glue pots

**IanW** · 16th October 2012, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by spoinky

.......All of these guys have parallel blades, and when set and sharpened, cut very sweetly.

Yairs, I'm afraid I have always thought the 77 was a bit of a gimmick, but not having tried one, I should reserve judgement until I do. Backsaws are usually not required to cut much beyond a 1/3rd of their blade depth, and as you say, when properly sharp & well-set they cut sweetly enough, so it does seem like overkill to taper-grind a backsaw.

They do say Henry was a very good sawmaker, and an even better salesman!

Cheers,

**pmcgee** · 22nd October 2012, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by snafuspyramid

I threw out the plastic saws.

Originally Posted by ch!ppy

chippy
ps; the plastic handle saws could have been used for something, perhaps to practice sharpening on ....etc

Backsaw.net had a little discussion on modern Sandviks ...

Paul

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