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Thread: Small Tenon Saw
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19th January 2006, 07:21 PM #1
Small Tenon Saw
Hi Everyone!
I have been making saws of late. I just wanted to share the small tenon saw below with y'all.
12" long blade with 3 1/4" depth of cut, 15 ppi filed rip. Handle is Cocobolo with brass split nuts.
Tomorrow it will be disassembled, the blade and brass polished and the handle well waxed. Reassembled and sent on its way.
Take care, Mike
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19th January 2006, 07:23 PM #2
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19th January 2006, 07:31 PM #3
Thanks Groggy!
It's been fun making them. There's been, well, a few.
Here's another:
It's 20 1/2" long. Called a half-back. Bubinga handle.
Take care, Mike
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19th January 2006, 07:55 PM #4
Fabulous Work
Originally Posted by MikeW
Just in case you've mislaid my address I'll PM it to you.
A magnificent tool. How many have you made all up??
A greenie sent.
Kev M
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19th January 2006, 07:57 PM #5
Very nice work. Well done.
Does it cut as well as it looks?
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19th January 2006, 08:03 PM #6
Hi Kev and Craig, thank you both for the compliments!
We've made dozens. Maybe 60 or so. But half those were as a commission for a club.
And of course they cut well <g>. Of course, I haven't tried them on your good Aussie timber. That would be a good test indeed! Might just have to pick something up from my supplier.
Take care, Mike
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19th January 2006, 08:06 PM #7Originally Posted by MikeWBlowin in the Wind
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19th January 2006, 08:47 PM #8
Not too shabby Mike, not too shabby... indeed!
Regards from Perth
Derek
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19th January 2006, 08:56 PM #9
Hi Mike,
I'll be an Aussie tester for you
Cheers
Wendy
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19th January 2006, 09:50 PM #10
fantasic stuff, keep them coming!
You can never have enough planes, that is why Mr Stanley invented the 1/2s
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20th January 2006, 12:29 AM #11
Very clever Mike !.......Nice look that Cocobolo is.
I'm curious what procedure you used to pin the blade to the handle. Imagine its a little complicated to detail here. Just curious. The brass pins sit so perfectly in the timber handle. Very professional looking.
Its just that pinning with brass to me always looks good, and can be used in other handles other than saws ,,,,knives etc. A handy skill. Ideally like to watch you make one.
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20th January 2006, 05:07 AM #12
I wish we were closer Jake...I would love to have a beer with ya! Thanks for the compliment too.
The handle is held on by bolts, split nuts as they are called, which are slotted as in the pictures of this Cocobolo small joinery saw below.
Though a different handle--for a Disston D-8 actually, the process is here:
http://wenzloffandsons.com/temp/saws/D-8/index.html
Take care, Mike
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20th January 2006, 10:01 AM #13
ahh, I see. Thats a definetly a nicer way. I was for some reason thinking you pinned them permanently. But, that be silly I suppose...you want to be able to tighten handle or replace it if need be. yes ?
I was picturing a protruding brass pin that you file down flush to the timber and sand..... that sort of thing.
I've always wondered how the kind of handles in your last picture are made. First impressions say there could be a weakness around the thin part of the handle, cause it doesn't rejoin itself around the bottom, like in the handle shown in your first picture....Do you laminate them...or ?
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20th January 2006, 10:09 AM #14
Hi Mike, just had a wonderful time viewing the website! Great Work In Progress shots!!! Thanks
Cheers
RufflyRustic
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20th January 2006, 10:33 AM #15
Hi Jake,
With most timbers, if the wood is quarter sawn there is great strength. At least enough consider the teeth are many and small. This makes the resistance along the tooth line less and so the pressure against the handle at that thin neck very little. Which isn't to say I haven't needed to repair vintage saws broken there. I have.
But all in all, I have many open handled saws well over a century old that have held up.
The bolt heads and the nut side are draw filed flush and then lightly sanded for an even, flush finish to the wood.
Take care, Mike
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