Handsaw maker

Following on from my talk at Frame 2011 in Cardiff, I have had an article pubished in the "Mortice & Tenon", the quarterly magazine of the Carpenters Fellowship. For those of you who don't sub...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2012/01/saw-making-article-in-carpenters.html

Well the saw plates arrived in Finland last week, and it looks like Tristan couldn't wait to get on to making the handles. I sent him some American Black Walnut along with the saw blades, an...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-customer-finished-in-finland-with.html

Just Finished a nice pair of saw blades going toFinland. Tristan wanted a large Ripper and a X cut to match.  The rip is 29" long, as Tristan has a long stroke length, while the X cut is 2" sh...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/10/saw-blades-to-finland.html

This post is really just a collection of images taken at the Carpenters Fellowship annual weekend. It just gives a quick glimpse of all the things the organisers pull together for a very enjoyabl...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/09/frame-2011-at-st-fagans-nr-cardiff.html

The Carpenters Fellowship held their annual event, "Frame" at St Fagans museum near Cardiff on the 2-4th Sept. Every year an auction is held to raise money for training inititives within the fell...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/09/carpenters-fellowship-auction-saw.html

Time flies when your busy, and between sorting out things for the Carpenters Fellowships' "Frame" event, and being dragged away on holiday for a week, the saw making had come to a bit of a stop. ...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/08/return-to-saw-making-well-almost.html

Time flys at the moment, I'm spending a lot of time organising the Carpenters Fellowships main event of the year "Farme". The Carpenters Fellowship is an organisation dedicated to promoting co...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/07/beach-handles.html

A while back one of the board members of the Carpenters Fellowship asked me to re-tooth a Thomas Flinn & Co saw, changing it from cross cut to large graduated rip. Well the saw has finally got...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/06/re-toothing-thomas-flinn-saw.html

As well as the new saws that I'm making, I also have a collection of old saws. I tend to go for the larger rip and cross cut saws, leaning towards 19th C British saws, but I have a few American s...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/05/beutiful-diston-no7.html

Making the medallion and brass fittings. The medallions on my workshop saws are made from silver, this makes a nice contrast with the black American walnut. Brass was used traditionally, and I...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-medallion-and-brass-fittings.html

As equally important as the steel quality is the handle. If the saw isn’t comfortable in your hand you won’t enjoy using it. The old British saws tended to have 1” thick handles while the...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-handle.html

I’ve always had and used old hand saws. There is nothing wrong with a modern, plastic handled saw, with its induction hardened universal teeth. In fact for cutting plywood, with its multi direc...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/05/making-saw-blade-for-new-rip-saw.html

Just thought I'd kick the blog off with a taste of my new rip saw. This is my first saw, I'll create some posts on makeing it, as time goes on and I'll also post images of my old and new saws ...

http://handsaw-maker.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-rip-handsaw.html