Saw Report 5

[burraboy]

Something I forgot to mention about the birilium tools is that they look just like brass. In fact we refer to them as brass. They may not have any brass in them and I believe they are extemely expensive and nowhere near as robust as steel. I do wonder how a chisel would go as far as holding an edge.

I don't think we are about to see a bronze age revival, but it is different .

Regards
Paul

Beryllium copper is the material you refer to I think. I used to buy it in half-hard sheet form and make tambourine jingles from it. Once heat treated to hardened state it has a hardness equivalent to spring steel and produces the finest and most responsive jingles available. I think a chisel made from that material would be fine.

[pmcgee]

My "brass" chisel was a false alarm.

It looked like it had a granular, kinda sand-cast look to it ... so it took to it with some abrasives, and ...
just paint I think.

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[pmcgee]

Next nutty thought ...
A couple years ago now I "rescued" some small doors (not small !) from a nearby "Railway Market" ... when they were dumped into skips in favour of new-fangled auto-sliding glass doo-hickeys.

My guess is they dated back to say the 70s at least ... there is a primary school in the same suburb with identically-looking doors.

Some time ago I had the idea to make a "rabbit palace" to rival Fort Knox, so the rabbit could be inside with a couple of large enthusiastic dogs. We had cut two of the something like 10 foot doors down a bit, stripped the old paint, and planed the wood smooth all over. They were going to be the sides of the "palace" ... and I was to add a front and a back, reinstall the security glass, etc.

That plan only got so far before we started using a not bad quality pine hutch and a baby-gate.

But now, still needing a saw storage solution ... and seeing how well the lined chest has performed ... I'm thinking scratch "rabbit palace" ... Hello, "handsaw hotel".

The smaller one inside ... the taller one outside. (There were maybe 6 other doors - all 10 foot all - that I knocked apart to store)

Paul
(all the tenons were through and wedged. It's probably 8 foot, not 10)

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[Bushmiller]

But now, still needing a saw storage solution ... and seeing how well the lined chest has performed ... I'm thinking scratch "rabbit palace" ... Hello, "handsaw hotel".

Do it!

Regards
Paul

[Sawdust Maker]

handsaw hotel
a little know early variation by elvis of heartbreak hotel

I was thinking you'll need another block of land to do your saw collection justice