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Hi Sawyer,

long time nor read. I Stil make saws, now without Klaus, who had to retire as a sawmaker.

This is a special saw for a friend, who had helped me thousand times and never took...

When the names,Tenon, Sash, Carcase and Dovetail were been given, all saws have been filed with zero fleam and a different amount of rake. The blade material wasn't strong enough to hold an edge with...

Hi Stewie,

that is a very nice pattern! I think for a long toime, that moses eadon made the most beautiful handlepattern. Very fluent.

Cheers
Pedder

Hi Ian, I don't agree with your definition. :) But if that is the definition (As a lawer I am open for funny definitions), than I agree! Than a thicker blade is more agressive. (needs more joule to...

Ian, i think we both make saw for 10years +x, so no need need to be reluctant. And please don't forget: I I want to have serious talk about saws, i can't use my mother tongue.



But that is...

The agressivness of a back saw is allways result of 4 factors:

Rake: the lower, the more aggressiv.
Weight of spine: the heavier the more agressive
handle position (part of that is the hang...

Ian, the Gramercy is for sawyer with a low bench. The spine of that saw is so tinym, that it needs the presssure of a high handle. I think it was Adam Cherubini, who pointed, that theese kind of saws...

Wow! That is hell of work. doesn't the brass bow to both sides of the saw cut? Mine does. One of the reasons, we never offered tapered spines.

Cheers
Pedder

Hi Guys, on the first 10 or 20 saws I made I used old saw blads as pattern for the toothing. Works a charm, but you only have the choice you have. Then a fellow german Plane Maker Gerd Fritsche made...

delelted, double post

The handle itself seem a bit out of the proportiions for a hand. It is very wide but thin. If I would hold it, my middlefinger would touch my palm more than I like.

The hang angle can't be decided...

Ok,it is brass / bronce. No clue why, sorry.

I see pitting on the blade. How is brass to rust? I'D say there is some brass layer on the saw. From a brass cleaning wheel?

Cheers
Pedder

Hi Paul,

I do you know me as someone who trolls fora and spread crazy untested ideas? So why the question?
I've done that two times. And I know a maker who uses laser cut saw blades and does...

You don 't need to cut of the teeth. Just bake the blade in the oven until it gets blue. Resharpen.

I don't lay the blade in an acid bath. Just wipe down.

Any mild acid will do. E. g. Vinegar or Citron acid

Just if you learned it already the hard way: The hardest part in making a saw is to cut the slots for the blade and the spine parallel. Carving the handle ist only fun, after these tasks have been...

Hi sawmaker,

A bit late, but I thought this would be a good place to share it.
On the german forum we've talked about making a new design for saw handle.
Modern without all these little...

Chippy,

I file one or two or three saws every week. I File all teeth from one side.
When I file rip cut, I file gullet 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,
When I file cross cut, I file 1,3,5,7,9, and then 2,4,6,8...

Chippy, because it is easier and gives you better results. Try it, you will never go back.

The problem with all these clips over the ear is, it forces kids to stop thinking themselfes.

Edit: To...

Oh yes, what do I know...
I do file all teeth frome the same side, too.

Why? It does not hurt the file (old granny's tale) and improves the filing.
I spoke to a few professionel metal guys one of them master tool maker and they told
me it has been done all the time...

I didn't watch the whole video. Can someone point me to the minute, he files, set and sharpens the saw? I didn't see a saw vise...

This seems to be handle making and spine mnaking and box...

Looks like a self made Gramercy.

Maybe.

Through the force of saws and hatches the fresh happy free forest fell.
No wonder, if the tree takes revanche in the end and saw his murderer into pieces.
The world is been tought.
...

Hi

Tapered blade? Wow. I didn't think of that.

I had the same point with Isaac a few years ago.

Before:
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after:

Really beautiful and well made saws.

There are only two things I'd change: The screw holes should have the same distance to the lower edge of the wood looks much bette. And there is no need to...

I protect the bade with one layer of Tesafilm - German film tape. When I stone the saw after setting, I get a set of exact 2 layer tesafilm. Perfect for dovetail - carcass saws. 4 layers for the big...

Hi Paul,

this is 17 tpi, hand shaped, filed and sharpened. No retoother involved. But laser engraved patterns doe get the initial kervs.

Cheers
Pedder

Hi Marv, exactly, I couldn't describe it better



Yes I've tried, but it doesn't leave a better finish than the file. It is not the main problem to remove a lot of brass, but to do it as exactly...

It was on the first spines I made. Now I support the toe with a beam and 2 clamps and reclamp in every step. But I don't have a picture of this.

Cheers
Pedder

Hi

just as a mental support: It takes us about 15-20 hours to get from scrap to this:
And we buy the slotted spines and the saws screws.
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The spine filing is easy but time consuming. I work about 3 hours to this point:
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Cheers
Pedder

Hi, I allways add little subtitles in english so I hope the translator isn't needed?

But my advice now is: Buy a eclipse 77, turn around the anvil, file a little flat and you have the cheapest...

Hi Derek, thank you!

yes, TC seems to rest on their good reputation, but don't innovate. We all know how these stories end usually...

Cheers
Pedder

Derek,

at Dieter Schmid, you can get the two cherries (= Hirsch) unpolished!

Cheers
Pedder

I've programm that shows me from where people are linked to my page. Sometimes I get read ears, when I read, what they had looked for on google: old+ ladies +...Agghhhhh

It got even worse, after...

It works for me.

You could ask them, how old your saw is.

Cheers
Pedder

Hi PC,

slotted is easier to fit in the mortise because the sides are parallel. Usually 1/4" of the blade vanishes in the spine.



There is a good discussion of the hang angle at the saw...

Hi NWW,

it looks like the Carl Baier logo. Wich is funny, because I've yet to see a Carl Baier saw in Germany but you seem to have a few in Australia.

Find more info here: ...

Hi,

I've tried to repair bended saw blades of that kind several times and never had luck. When I get such a saw, I replace the blade. Maybe Ray or Ian can help you with the stock.

Nice...

Dear Rob,

please don't waste any worktime on the website but introduce a flat sided jointer and some more DX planes, will you?

Cheers Pedder

To add something more confusing: Shouldn't it be in the small plane familiy?
Planes - Lee Valley Tools - Woodworking Tools, Gardening Tools, Hardware Supplies

Or in the smoothimg plane familiy?...

Hi Andreas, if you buy at Dieter Schmid, buy the unpolished Two Cherries. He ordered them from TC because many members of the german forum wanted that steel quality but not the polish. Cheers Pedder...

Hi Pete,

IMHO the numbers on the anvil are just numbers to find the same position on the anvil for the next setting. a 4 tpi saw doesn't automatically need more set than a 8 tpi saw, as the...

Hi Ray,

I'm a little late, summer Holidays. Thank you for posting this. Next time when my son asks me, why I'm making just another saw, I'll show him this thread!

Cheers
Pedder

Hi Stewie,

I read Matt's blog entry and I disagree. On small saws with really small teeth, you cannot beat the somax. I talk about saws with 1 1/2" cutting deepth and pitches finer tahn 15 tpi. On...

Hi Saw and Planemaker,

I only once used a paper template and I hated it. Can't you get a metal template - in example an old or cheap saw blade?

For the handle shaping: I think it is an goo...