Relaxing Gets You There . . .
…because such Western saws were remarkable tools in the right hands. The problem I saw was that, often, woodworkers had rarely mastered Western saws and Western saw sharpening too. Had…
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Bahco Saw Files Beat the Best of the Rest in Real Bench-testing
…time again over the decades as the single most superior saw file on the market. I still have yet to find a Nicholson saw file that will sharpen one full…
Ebay Tool Buying Different than Seeing First Hand
…an example, some saws are shot from the end toward the handle. This makes the saw look longer than it is. One image of a gents saw regularly sold on…
Comparing Saws for Getting Started
…choice of saw can be important. I am always amazed if one saw maker makes a variety of saws under old trade names when the saws themselves are basically the…
Eastern and Western Saws Part II
…handful of western saw makers making saws in the West. As a boy living in Stockport, I could have walked into a dozen workshops offering saw sharpening services. Not so…
Rasps and Files
…to find out if they do. Which files do you recommend? There is an overview & some recommendations in the following blog post: https://paulsellers.com/2015/05/saw-files-lasting-qualities/ A File and Rasp for Beginners https://commonwoodworking.com/buying-a-file/…
Making Wood Work
…and cap irons for the makers of planes. For saws we had amazingingly beautiful saw handles the like of which modern makers merely copy using powered equipment and leaving the…
Coping With Coping Saws
Coping saws are so named because of their function. Fret saws because of the theirs, and of course key hole saws and table saws too. First, lets look at some…
Framing the issues…
…frames were huge and so too the blades. It wasn’t so very long before we saw the continuous bandsaw blade we know today. Frame saws old and new In mainland…
Can’t Saw Straight—Practice More Often Before You Begin
…me to say they can’t saw straight. With those new to hand saws of any and all types, from dovetail saws to 4ppi rip- and cross-cut saws, they almost immediately…