New stair saw

[heimlaga]

Just as an inspiration to others working on a minimum budget:

I made a stair saw for myself.
The wood is home grown birch. The blade comes from an almost complete 1970-ies tennon saw which I bought at a flea market. It was missing a few minor parts such as the handle and the back and It was a bit dull :roll:
The screws and nuts costed about one euro at a local hardware store.

 

[LocalOak]

Nice looking piece. But can you please excuse my ignorance and tell me what it's for?

Thanks

Toby

 

[heimlaga]

For cutting dadoes and sliding dowetails in cross grain. You make two cuts with the stair saw and use a router plane to rout out the wood between them.

The depth of cut is set with the two screws on the saw. The wooden body acts as depth stop.

 

[LocalOak]

Thanks very much, that's a really neat tool.

Now, do I want/need one :?

 

[woodsworth]

oh now that that is explained i can see just how useful this tool might be especially for on site work. It's not a looker though is it. Actually the more i think about this saw the more uses i can find for it. I may make this one. Thanks very much.