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A use for Maple scraps - bandit571 - 11-07-2017
Had a small bit of 1x Maple, just sitting around. Decided to try something a bit...different, this time.
Had a few of those old Butcher's saws, wasn't able to find much use for them.....except for a few parts.
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Ripped one piece of 1 x4 into a pair of blanks. I watched a video a few times, with one blank in hand..and a pen. tried to copy how the fellow was forming it into a handle..
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Then used this to cut the same for the other end. 3/8" hole was drilled for the blade holder. There is also a 1/4" hole at the top, for the threaded rod to go through. A wingnut to tighten the rod will go up there. I also ripped a 1" wide stretcher...
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Will use a mortise and tenon connection for it. Where the tenon meets the handle, things will take on a curve, like this
...((........))... to allow a little flex.
Saw will not need to be a "turning" saw, will be just a crosscut saw. Length of this contraption?
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Well this is a start, at any rate. There IS a youtube site, called Traditional Chinese Woodworking....has a LOT of videos ...in Mandarin.
I have used a few of them to make a couple planes. One should go there, just to watch the high speed mortise chopping. There is also a multi-cutter Marking gauge he uses....might try to build one...someday.
Stay tuned
RE: A use for Maple scraps - hbmcc - 11-07-2017
I have a kit--the metal parts--for a small bow saw from Tools For Working Wood. I keep thinking, what is the threshold for failure of the wood and optimum comfortable weight? The parts sit in a box unfinished.
RE: A use for Maple scraps - bandit571 - 11-07-2017
(11-07-2017, 12:51 PM)hbmcc Wrote: I have a kit--the metal parts--for a small bow saw from Tools For Working Wood. I keep thinking, what is the threshold for failure of the wood and optimum comfortable weight? The parts sit in a box unfinished.
Might be about time to build that kit.....the fellow in that video had a couple DOZEN hanging in his shop, in all sizes and tooth counts.....
RE: A use for Maple scraps - bandit571 - 11-08-2017
Spokeshave to shape the handles a little better
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Jig to hold things until this is chopped..
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Dry fit..
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After the tenons were fitted. Blade assembly was added, wingnuts tightened down as far as I could....
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And added a clamp to pull the blade tighter. need to buy a 1/4" rod to replace that clamp....might need the clamp on other things
Will need to sand things smooth, and add a finish of some sort. Might be almost done?
Stay tuned
RE: A use for Maple scraps - brianwelch - 11-08-2017
(11-08-2017, 02:08 PM)bandit571 Wrote: Spokeshave to shape the handles a little better
Jig to hold things until this is chopped..
Dry fit..
After the tenons were fitted. Blade assembly was added, wingnuts tightened down as far as I could....
And added a clamp to pull the blade tighter. need to buy a 1/4" rod to replace that clamp....might need the clamp on other things
Will need to sand things smooth, and add a finish of some sort. Might be almost done?
Stay tuned
Can you use a turnbuckle to keep tension on the blade? I have seen them where you find gate hardware at the store...
RE: A use for Maple scraps - bandit571 - 11-08-2017
5/16" all-thread, is installed....test cut?
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Works great as a crosscut saw.....the wood is Hard Maple.
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One end of the rod has the washer, and wingnut....the other end?
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Was "folded" into a mortise.
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This is the "exit" from the saw cut.
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May give the maple parts a coat of shellac...later?
Blade makes a "Twang...." if you tap it. Not sure what "note" to tune it to....
I think this just might do ....
RE: A use for Maple scraps - bandit571 - 11-10-2017
Saw now has a coat or two of Amber Shellac on the Maple parts..
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I still have one more ( at the moment..
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In case I ever want to try this again
.....Disston USA, 24" blade. Seems a shame to just let it rust away 
RE: A use for Maple scraps - Tynyyn - 11-10-2017
Are you retired? You seen to have a lot of time to make great projects. I still hate your guts.
Personally I'd probably have used jute to make a tensioner. All thread seems a wee bit of overkill, unless you had it laying around.
RE: A use for Maple scraps - bandit571 - 11-10-2017
(11-10-2017, 05:47 PM)Tynyyn Wrote: Are you retired? You seen to have a lot of time to make great projects. I still hate your guts.
Personally I'd probably have used jute to make a tensioner. All thread seems a wee bit of overkill, unless you had it laying around.
Yep, been retired for over 2 yrs now....all-thread was cheap....and saved me from cutting threads on a steel rod. The twine would have cost more.