Klaus Kretschmar
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Hello Friends of hand tools.
As in Pedders thread mentioned, I want to show a few more pics of saws, Pedder and me have made. We know us since about 1,5 years and since about 1 year we make saws in teamwork. Pedder, a really nice guy, takes the main part because he is responsible for the blades. His skills in toothing and sharpening saw blades are amazing. I never were able to do that with his perfection. My part are the handles.
When we began in February 2009, Pedder retoothed vintage saw blades (most were Spear & Jackson) and used the original spines. In these days we had not the possibility to make own spines. I rehandeled some of those blades. A pic from the beginning:
There are a Tenon saw with a closed Mahogany handle, a Carcass saw with a closed Pear handle and 4 Dovetail saws with handles out of Wenge, Zebrawood and Bubinga.
The Wenge handeled Dovetail in the front of the pic is one of our first completely shop made saws. It has a home made brass spine. After taking the barrier of making own spines, we decided to make completely own saws. It was exiting!
We began with Dovetail saws and tested a few handle shapes and timbers.
Pear handle and heavy spine (25 x 6 mm)
Bubinga handle and heavy spine
Wenge handle with MOP inlay and heavy spine
Pear handle with MOP inlay and heavy spine
The next step was to reach a more filigrane and elegant design on a very little saw. At first a pic you can see both designs to realize the differences.
The filigrane design recommends a downsized spine. Several attempts showed, that a heavy spine helps to do the cut but a less heavy saw is more versatile. That is as we think a question of personal taste. Pedder prefers the heavy saws, I like the versatility of the less heavy ones.
Together with the other handle design we tested another spine design which is -as we think- unique. The spine is filed oval outside of the handle. Only the small part inside the handle maintains the square cross section.
Here with an Ebony handle.
Some more pics of 2 Ebony handeled saws
The next pic shows that the spine is flush mounted to the top and to the front of the cheeks
An attempt with another design was done. It´s a copy of the Kenyon Dovetail saw from the Seaton tool chest. The handle is out of American Walnut
Spine and blade of this saw are tapered
Then we found a timber I like very much. It´s indeed my favourite wood for Dovetail saw handles: Plum tree
Another saw was made which combines the filigrane handle and a heavy spine, the handle is Wenge
After making a few Dovetail saws we wanted to try other types too. A large Tenon saw with Maple handle and a pic of that handle
A Panel saw (cross cut) with an American Walnut handle (not finished yet)
And a pic while making this handle
At last a pic of a closed Wenge handle I made for a German woodworking friend as a replacement handle. Not sure if I like it.
There is another Carcass saw we made for Waka. He showed it already in this forum.
I hope you enjoyed the little foto session about our saw making during the last year.
Klaus
As in Pedders thread mentioned, I want to show a few more pics of saws, Pedder and me have made. We know us since about 1,5 years and since about 1 year we make saws in teamwork. Pedder, a really nice guy, takes the main part because he is responsible for the blades. His skills in toothing and sharpening saw blades are amazing. I never were able to do that with his perfection. My part are the handles.
When we began in February 2009, Pedder retoothed vintage saw blades (most were Spear & Jackson) and used the original spines. In these days we had not the possibility to make own spines. I rehandeled some of those blades. A pic from the beginning:
There are a Tenon saw with a closed Mahogany handle, a Carcass saw with a closed Pear handle and 4 Dovetail saws with handles out of Wenge, Zebrawood and Bubinga.
The Wenge handeled Dovetail in the front of the pic is one of our first completely shop made saws. It has a home made brass spine. After taking the barrier of making own spines, we decided to make completely own saws. It was exiting!
We began with Dovetail saws and tested a few handle shapes and timbers.
Pear handle and heavy spine (25 x 6 mm)
Bubinga handle and heavy spine
Wenge handle with MOP inlay and heavy spine
Pear handle with MOP inlay and heavy spine
The next step was to reach a more filigrane and elegant design on a very little saw. At first a pic you can see both designs to realize the differences.
The filigrane design recommends a downsized spine. Several attempts showed, that a heavy spine helps to do the cut but a less heavy saw is more versatile. That is as we think a question of personal taste. Pedder prefers the heavy saws, I like the versatility of the less heavy ones.
Together with the other handle design we tested another spine design which is -as we think- unique. The spine is filed oval outside of the handle. Only the small part inside the handle maintains the square cross section.
Here with an Ebony handle.
Some more pics of 2 Ebony handeled saws
The next pic shows that the spine is flush mounted to the top and to the front of the cheeks
An attempt with another design was done. It´s a copy of the Kenyon Dovetail saw from the Seaton tool chest. The handle is out of American Walnut
Spine and blade of this saw are tapered
Then we found a timber I like very much. It´s indeed my favourite wood for Dovetail saw handles: Plum tree
Another saw was made which combines the filigrane handle and a heavy spine, the handle is Wenge
After making a few Dovetail saws we wanted to try other types too. A large Tenon saw with Maple handle and a pic of that handle
A Panel saw (cross cut) with an American Walnut handle (not finished yet)
And a pic while making this handle
At last a pic of a closed Wenge handle I made for a German woodworking friend as a replacement handle. Not sure if I like it.
There is another Carcass saw we made for Waka. He showed it already in this forum.
I hope you enjoyed the little foto session about our saw making during the last year.
Klaus
