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Thanks. I'm going to give it a try on a basket case saw.

Thanks for sharing all this information Rob. I enjoyed the video and indeed your voice is very relaxing.

I understand why you want to make your own hammers, but for someone just doing a few of his...

Sometimes I like being fussy, sometimes I love to replicate old techniques. Indeed as an amateur you can pick whatever you like. But to explain why those early backsaws were canted, it certainly is a...

Interesting thread. I'll just post some ideas, no answers:

Backsaws with cant are usually earlier then parallel ones. And it was done on purpose. Smith's key shows backsaws with a lot of cant, and...

Well, nothing wrong with a perfect backside :U

Oops. Did I say something wrong in Australian? Me no speaky Australian....

This is an important video because it shows how you can get a pretty damn sharp chisel without a perfect backside.

Oh no sorry that I didn't make myself clear! I am the one with the short(ish) attention span. Not you.

The last saws? A pitty, maybe, because you are now really good. But I understand it too. I am a prime example of a person with a shortish attention span, after a few of the same I quickly loose...

This whole thing, double iron versus high beding angle plane, I investigated a bit in 2013. The experiment was in two parts. First I planed with normal handplanes on the bench a variety of wood types...

Oops, double post.

Glad you liked the Ducati analogy Dave and yes it's free for everyone to use :U

SG 1 means a weight of 1 kg for 1 dm3 of wood. The same as water. Beech is a bit lighter at 0.6 to 0.7 which...

Good luck finding one Mihai. And I mean finding one made from solid beech (not laminated) with a real wedge (not a cheap crosspin) and a tapered blade. Just such a blade alone from LV without the...

Nice planes Stewie ;-)

For me the use of the double iron has been a breakthrough. Almost all my planes have a chipbreaker, so learning how to use it was pretty essential. And because 99% of the...

You were typing quicker them me Derek!

When you go back to the original English design, which many regard as very good, then indeed you can't find double iron ones. There isn't much choice anyway. Oldstreet tools have closed their list,...

Yes, there are plenty of people with enough money who buy expensive things just because they like to. I think the question "why not use an old one instead" is pretty unique to the handtool...

Steve Voigt started a new endeavour, wooden double iron planes along the lines of the early 19th century, the summit of wooden bench plane making. They feature especially made LV tapered and slotted...

Thanks for the post Rob. Did you hammer both sides equally to get rid of the curvature in the 26" blade?

I agree, the middle one looks the nicest (from those three colonial williamsburg saws). Personally I like it when things have a "workmans like" appeal to me. I am not much into high gloss, super...

The strength of the Kenyon saws in the Seaton chest is in the ability to create a superb image with just a few simple lines. It's an artistics ability, something I lack completly myself.

The...

Today I have sorted my small collection of saw files. Most are from the F. Dick brand and probably about 5 years old. The others are Bahco.

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On the left a bunch of very small needle...

For my dovetail saws, 14 and 18 tpi, I have used needle files from Bahco. They were good. And the teeth look nice.

I'll check out Isaac's blog first. Seems to be a good starting point.

There are some knowledgable people about saw making here, so I've got a question for you all.

I would like to buy some packages of sawfiles and while browsing the Bahco catalogue, something...

Yes indeed. I was pretty happy with my sawhandles but now see all kinds of little things that I am not so happy with anymore. Oh well, they work perfectly allright and are comfortable to hold. As...

Here they are again, for all to see.

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Yes please ask George. I only post it out of admiration.

I have been looking at my own feeble efforts at saw making and to my surprise, I made all the horns in the previously mentioned shape with...

Are these similar? They are made from carbon steel, so they might come from another shop. But the price is similar, 20 to 30 euro for a set of 8.
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Georges copy's of early 19th century Grove saws.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=114026&d=1238029378

Yep you are right. I was a bit too quick with paint. The bottom horn is also like that. And the small bottom horn pointing to the front is quite spectaculair too. Here the finger curve flows so nice...

So it is a bit like this. Three curves in increasing radius form the shape of the horn tip. The inner most curve is not really circular but a bit flattened down. (Click on the image to make it...

Looking at this picture I now finally get what you were writing earlier David. The horn tip runs in a curve from the handle part all the way to the very tip. The tip almost turns backwards again....

Thanks for the info, both David and Hiroller. I just had a look in the book (one of my favorites) and you are right. In the picture of the sawtill in the lid of the box, you can see a bit more.
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I am looking at these pictures and wonder about the shape of the ends of the horns. Usually I round them off with the diameter of the roundness being the same as the thickness of the handle. But it...

Isaac makes some really nicely carved handles. Mine are clumsy in comparison.

But I don't think the lambstongue is so vulnerable. On old saws they hold up fine too, and I use my saws with...

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The kind of shaping tools I used for my sawhandles. Just what I have in rasps and file, and a lot of...

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Here's a very short video how you can easilly set a chipbreaker very close to the edge when you don't manage very well by just looking at it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGhDV1jM0pU

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This must have been the best accumulation of information about this subject I have ever seen. Now I must start digging in the shed to find some old saw blades.

Calm down guys!

I still stand by my offer to send 20 dollar when you decide to try your luck to buy some more junker saws.

Are you sure about these numbers? I see exteme variations. But I am not a mechnical engineer with experience in this field.

The measuring device seems to work allright on the 1095, so why these...

That's helpfull folks!

I think I can get a reasonable aproximation when I take a normal bench hammer and shape the faces. My "anvil isn't so nice to look at, it is just a heavy chunk of steel...

I will check out the book again, but I must say he is a bit cryptic in the technical descriptions. I have no idea what he means with the hammer faces "at right angles to each other".

Thanks for the info Rob. That's a lot heavier then I thought they would be.

All this talk about saw plates makes me want to work on some saws again. I have a few old ones that needs some attention. Two of them are not very straight and I would like to practice a bit saw...

Yes I think you are missing something. It certainly isn't a scientific report and he is a bit foggy in some of his formulations, but lower down in the thread you can read these explanations:


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These look like reasonable numbers. 50-51 for 1095. One point less when sanded and 2 to 3 points more when work hardened. I wonder if this work hardening is only at the surface and won't change the...

It looks like Sawmilcreek closed the thread, just when I was outside to do some tests! How dare they? :U

I got my Disston D8, popped off the handle, grabbed a new sawfile (Bahco) and after 5...

Jokainen sivu on puoli hollanti, puoli englant.

Euh, I mean, each page is half Dutch, half English. Works fine as far as I can see.

Very good try Stewie!

The book is completely in English and Dutch. Not just a few parts of it.

Berlin I hear you on the capiron fetling. It can be vexing at times. It helps to use a hard stone,...