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…
…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…
…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/…
…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…
In my drawer are awkward to place tools I rely on just for a minute or two throughout the days of work. Pliers and thickness callipers, different pencils saw files….
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…
…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…
…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…
…process), but for those who bought a crosscut-pattern saw and dulled it through normal use. Restorative work for neglected and abused saws is a more advanced level of saw sharpening…
…as you clamp it. Because the blades are hard, regular files don’t work, but diamond files work well. 5: Insert the knife into the saw kerf so that the blade…
…crosscuts are miserable along the long-grain cuts. Compass saws, a breed apart or a workhorse for curved work? Compass saws were usually a fairly rough and ready, fairly tough saw,…