anyone have a LN dovetail saw & scanner ?

[tombo]

I have a this dovetail saw and thought i could improve its aesthetics by making a new handle.

So i was wondering if anyone who has a LN saw and a scanner would mind using the scanner and emailing the output so i can use it as a template.

I realise re-handling a saw is not as easy as it would seem anyone got any pointers? I was thinking of laminating the handle to save the problem of cutting the slot do you think it will work

Tom

 

[Chris Knight]

You need Alf's article here http://www.leevalley.com/newsletters/Wo ... ticle3.htm

 

[Tony Zaffuto]

Do as Chris suggested and take a peek at Alf's article. I did the same thing a few years back to a similar Freud saw (there are more than a few tools that look like there is one mfg. with a variety of private labels, such as Freud, etc.). Anyhow, I patterned my saw handle after an Adria. Cutting the slot was not hard at all--I used another saw with a similar blade thickness. Alf's method appears much easier, though.

Handle turned out quite respectable. After completion and mounting the saw still lacked cutting finese. It was a 19 or 20pt. saw. I sent it out to a US saw guy who re-toothed it to 15 pt. and sharpened. Came back quite decent and is a more comfortable saw (for me) to use than before.

T.Z.

 

[tombo]

chris,

thanks for the link, i did recall reading alf's article a year or so ago, and i have had it in my mind ever since. But you saved me the trouble searching for it again.

But she says on page one easiest method is to trace an existing saw handle which i dont have. Hence me asking for some one to scan their saw.

Also after re reading her technique for cutting the slot she used a blade of equal thickness but without any set. Again i dont have another saw so i was thinking of a lamination with the middle piece the same thickness as the blade i have

Tom

 

[Chris Knight]

Tom try this article - it has a pattern towards the end of the page.

For a saw blade to saw the slot you could always file a few rip teeth on a scraper of appropriate thickness (they come in all sorts of thicknesses and the steel is the same as a saw).

 

[bugbear]

I have a this dovetail saw and thought i could improve its aesthetics by making a new handle.


So i was wondering if anyone who has a LN saw and a scanner would mind using the scanner and emailing the output so i can use it as a template.

This help?

link

BugBear

 

[pedder]

I have a this dovetail saw and thought i could improve its aesthetics by making a new handle.

So i was wondering if anyone who has a LN saw and a scanner would mind using the scanner and emailing the output so i can use it as a template.

I realise re-handling a saw is not as easy as it would seem anyone got any pointers? I was thinking of laminating the handle to save the problem of cutting the slot do you think it will work

Tom

Hi Tom,

Only my taste: I wouldn't use the open LN Pattern for this special saw. The blade of your saw ist shorter but higher than the LN. It would look funny with my eyes. (Hope you understand my bablefish-English :wink: )

For your saw the pattern of a Disston D4 Dovetail would be nice.

IMHO the cerve for the blade can be done with the blade. The additional set doesn't matter. (+ it would be hard to find a saw with a fine cerve to fit the blade of this saw, because these blades are really thin. And if you managed to get one, it would be very hard to saw 5 cm deep.)

More about saw rehandeling

http://norsewoodsmith.com/node/68
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMadeTo ... 20Saw.html (including a good picture from the open LN)
http://www.philsville.co.uk/sawhandles.htm
+ my second handle (german forum)
http://www.woodworking.de/cgi-bin/forum ... read/25286


Cheers
Pedder

 

[bugbear]

There's really good info in the Grammercy saw kit instructions.

(The Gramercy Tools 9" Dovetail Saw Kit and Saw Parts)

link

BugBear

 

[George_N]

Thanks for that link BB. Nice site too. I'e already had one abortive attempt at re-handling an old S&J tenon saw, so the tips from the saw kit plans will be very useful. I've also downloaded a couple of the other PDF plans that they very generously make available for free.

 

[tombo]

great links guys, the more i think of it i may put saw from scratch project on my todo list.

Pedder - i think you are right an open handle design may not look right attached to my blade time for a rethink.

Tom

 

[pedder]

great links guys, the more i think of it i may put saw from scratch project on my todo list.

Hi Tom

than you should take an additional look at Tim Hoffs post on woodnet.

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthread ... =5&o=&vc=1

Cheers
Pedder

 

[Harbo]

Here's one I did on a Crown saw a while ago in spalted beech:

Handle copied from an old saw I have.

Rod

 

[bugbear]

Here's one I did on a Crown saw a while ago in spalted beech:


Handle copied from an old saw I have.

Rod

Very nice! What was your chosen solution to the blade-slot cutting?

BugBear

 

[tombo]

wow that looks a million times better, i'd be interested in how you cut the slot.

 

[Philly]

When I've made replacement handles I've used the actual saw (or one with a slightly wide kerf) to cut the slot.
Obvious, really :lol:

Cheers
Philly

 

[Harbo]

I cut it as Philly has said, but the hard bit is cutting out the rebate for the brass back section.
I think the best way is to cut out most of the rebate first then cut the slot through?
If you cut the slot first it opens out when cutting out the rebate - unless you can fill it temporally and clamp it some way?

Rod

 

[pedder]

For the LN dovetail saw take a look at Roy Gardiners page

Cheers Pedder

 

[Harbo]

Thanks for the link Pedder - a very helpful guide.

Rod

 

[Harbo]

Looking at the handle photos more closely, the handle I made for the Crown saw (see previous post) was copied from an Alexander one I have - it's a Ross & Alexander, Bishopsgate, EC - (London EC2 in fact).

Rod