Thread: Melbourne, Backsaw Making Workshop

This is getting sticky

Originally Posted by Pagie

Do I now have to bring some bitumen?

Well everyone has to PITCH in

Cheers

Doug

Originally Posted by _fly_

And from dictionary.com
entry 13 Verb: to transfer money, goods, etc., as in making a purchase or settling a debt.

And for paid
Verb No 1
to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.

Yes, except when you search on PAYED, it brings up PAY, and only allows the past tense of PAYED in entries 12 and 24c. For all other cases PAYED is obsolete according to the reference you cited. Have another look Peter. the word you searched for is the verb for which PAYED is a conjugation, and it states that it is not applicable in all meanings.

Anyway, lets stop splitting straws and concentrate on having a great day tomorrow.

It will be hard enough to file teeth to 15 ppi with my old eyes without having to do it looking over my shoulder for someone waiting to take me out cos one of us cant spell.

Cheers

Doug

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Looks like we'll have enough space !

To Dale , Ian , Ray .
Well done .I think I can honestly say we were all happy little campers at the end of the day.
I personally came away knowing a lot more than I ever new about saws .
And can not wait to finish my class saw and the other couple of kits .
Well done guys , top effort .

Just a bit of room. Here are a few of the saws that were made.IMG_0569.jpgIMG_0570.jpgIMG_0573.jpg

OK, I'll go first.

Came home and finished todays saw.

But because I had to take the handle off I had to make a thing to get the bolts off first.

3 coats shellac and wax on the handle.

The teeth are horrible but they will get better with sharpening along the way.

Now to make a start on the next one.
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Thanks for the info and help guys.

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This is mine. We started working on our own saws about 10 and finished 4:30 - 5. The group was split into a handle shaping/blade fitting bunch and sharpeners. After a short lunch break roles were reversed.

I still have some handle shaping to do + finishing, trim the brass back, loctite it to the blade and finally set the teeth which are uneven but actually cut ok.

Many thanks to Dale, Ian and Ray.

Great day thanks to Dale for his hard work and time and Ian and Ray for sharing their knowledge and all the effort prior to the big day. The organization must have been time consuming so thanks again to all and Doug for the file handles great work.
Cheers
Joel

Well I finally made it home after a long and busy day, the backsaw workshop was only half of the day for me. I had another engagement to attend afterwards.

I had done a lot of research on making backsaws before attending but you cant beat hands on practical experience under the guidance of our two experienced sawmakers, Ian and Ray, thanks guys .

I am very happy with the tote I made. I would not change a thing next time I do it. As to the filing of the teeth, I started out alright then the eyes gave out. Plenty of steel left on the plate to start again with better light and some magnification to help these poor old eyes out.

I know from first-hand experience how much work goes into putting a workshop like that together, and it is a lot more than most people would think. Well done to Dale for his efforts in getting the workshop off the ground and carrying it through to a successful conclusion.

It was a great learning environment with everyone helping everyone else where they could, lending tools or advice. Thanks to all my fellow participants for working together to make it a great experience for all.

Anyway I am home now and sipping a couple of glasses of amber relaxation fluid before bed, reflecting on a very productive and informative workshop.

Cheers

Doug

Just short of midnight & I'm home, I'll put the tools away tomorrow. I feel for Josh and Ray who will still be on the road home for a few more hours.

My thanks to out illustrious instructors you live up to expectations and more! Also thanks to all the participants for being a great group to work with and to those who pitched in a helping hand here and there. Also it was a great environment of tool lending and help.

Although only a few went home with a finished saw, everyone went home with a saw that just needed a little work to get those finishing touches and I am sure the learning to do so and make more.

Please post photos of your finished saws (good to see some already), and keep the momentum up on making your take home kits. Also feel free to post up questions if your unsure or can't remember something.

I still have a bit of work to go on mine with all the distractions of the day.



Let me know what templates you need for the take home handles and I'll email them out

Many thanks to Ian and Ray for taking us through the process to learn a new skill.
Special thanks to Dale for his effort in organising the workshop and all the work he had done in the preceding weeks.

I still have to finish the handle and tidy up the teeth but it does cut in spite of that.

Well done.

Thanks for the thanks, folks. None of it would have happened without Dale, so he deserves the accolades. It was a good day - can't remember when I last started doing something at 9AM & didn't stop to eat or drink until after 5PM - didn't even realise I was so thirsty til I got home & was offered a beer. I almost swallowed it bottle & all! The intensity in that room was palpable, I don't think I've ever seen so many people so intent on what they were doing. Pity we only had a single day, but I suppose that was part of the intensity - not sure you could have kept it up for another day (I couldn't have! ). That's me in the pic with the coat on - it started out pretty darn chilly in that room for this Queenslander, but with you lot working up a sweat, it eventually warmed up enough that I could strip down to a flannel shirt.

I am truly impressed by the products of the day. Some people's saws progressed more rapidly than others, but all saws were coming along pretty nicely by day's end. I reckon any one of them was better than my first attempt. There were some quite good sets of fangs emerging under those files during the day, and I hope they will get better & better with a bit more practice.

Sorry I missed out on more socialising, but I had a date with some much better-looking company (my daughters) though they weren't much interested in talking about saws. Made a very nice bookend to a very enjoyable day, so I hope you enjoyed the tool sale as much. And I hope you all go on to become great saw makers.

Cheers,

A couple of pics from the day.
First off Ian explaining some fo the finer points
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Some of the group
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Pay points out handle patterns
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Some of the saws we may eventually aspire to build or own

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Ian demonstrating with some of the saws. "If the saw doesn't cut straight, it is almost certainly your fault." (or something very similar)
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Some of the almost finished work. They look like real saws - so maybe there is hope for us.
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A big thankyou to everyone for a great day. But especially to the big three - Dale, Ian and Ray.

Cheers

Norm