Very wet weekend

**orraloon** · 8th February 2010, 06:22 PM

Hello folks,
What to do on a wet weekend. Good excuse to be in the shed even if at one stage water was starting to seep in and flow over the floor. Some spadework and a quick diversion ditch did the trick there. I needed a heavy mallet and just had a bit if ironbark so decided on the traditional chopped out mortice. Just as well I had spare time as this stuff is hard. If I do another it will be a round hole and turned handle. It is heavy too. I have not weighed it but would be about 1.5kg.
The saw was an idea I got from a Dutch guy on youtube who makes most of his own tools.
It has no metal holders for the blade but I wanted to make straight cuts so did not want the blade turning. Will be good for tenons on larger work. The blade is from an old miter saw.
That passed some time but I reckon I will be happy to see the sun again.
Regards
John

**Wood Borer** · 8th February 2010, 10:31 PM

Nice Tools indeed.

I prefer the round handle round heads even though I don't make wood dizzy.

Sorry to hear about your shed flooding. My previous shed did that and it was demoralising.

**IanW** · 9th February 2010, 11:05 AM

John - something about wet days that just encourages pottering. Your thumper reminds me that I've had a chunk of Ironbark or something similar put aside for the same purpose for years - must attend to it soon.

A nice, basic saw - is that blade sharpened on both sides, or is it an optical de-lusion??. Must be an art in weilding these things, but I can't seem to get the knack of them for straight cutting, myself. Tage Frid used to whack out fine dovetails in the twinkling of an eye with a great clumsy-looking saw I would have thought better suited to docking logs. Always been a wonder to me.

I commiserate with the wet shed - had various water problems in my work areas for years, & was beginning to think it just followed me around, but my latest shed seems to be ok & has remained high & dry through a few pretty big downpours, so here's hoping........

Cheers,

**orraloon** · 9th February 2010, 01:04 PM

The flooding did no damage as it only flowed across the floor about 5mm deep. It was raining so hard there was nowhere for it to go. The extension cord for the saw was on the floor so I will have it tested before I use it again. I think I snatched it up in time.
The blade is only toothed on 1 side. Came from an old miter saw I have not used in years. It does a very fine cut so I may get a new blade for it if I like using it. It cuts faster than a tenon saw due to the longer stroke.
The ironbark mallet was hard to chisel out the mortise and my Titan firmers proved they are tough even if I did have to touch up half ways through. Well I did want it traditional. I have used it since and its own weight does the work. Wish I'd made it years ago.

Regards
John

**Woodwould** · 9th February 2010, 01:37 PM

Nice tools indeed!

The saw looks like it hardly requires the tensioner.

**orraloon** · 9th February 2010, 04:17 PM

Hi Woodwould,
I saw this clip and thought that saw works well. The joints are a bit complex too.
The whole range of homemade tools he uses look like they work very well indeed.
Regards
John
www.casparlabarre.com

**Sebastiaan56** · 10th February 2010, 06:14 AM

Good use for the weekend John. Where did you get the blade?

Only 5mm on the floor, we flooded the downstairs and a friend lost a roof. Yup it rained alright.

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