Finally, after more than a year trying to get my hands on enough suitable saw plate, I can continue my saw-making career. I started with this pair, a 12 inch carcase saw, 12 tpi and 25 thou plate, and a 9 inch, 15 tpi dovetail saw in 20 thou plate:
Carcase & D-T saws.jpg
Stewie (Planemaker) has been showing us up lately, with his lovely handles, so I decided to add a couple of decorative touches. Nothing too bold, I put a couple of notches in the spine, just in front of the handle, followed by my usual straight chamfer.
D-T saw 15 tpi.jpg
Not very adventurous at all, but I found it hard to dream up some decoration that doesn't look too tizzy, and these are going to be working saws, so they are likely to pick up a few scars over the coming years.
I left the carcase saw spine with plain chamfers, & added a notch in the handle chamfer instead: Carcase saw 12 tpi.jpg
(Edit: It doesn't even show in the pic! :C )
I'm not sure what the handler wood is, it's a chunk I got in Nth Qld. last year. I think it's Salwood (Acacia aulacocarpa), but I'm not taking bets. Finished up ok, but it's one of those woods that requires you to work through every grit, to get the marks out. Despite my care, I still ended up with a couple of small scratches on each handle under the finish. :~ Noone will notice, I'm sure, and in 6 months, it will have worse scratches from use, I expect, so I'm not going to fuss over them this time.
Cheers,
Carcase & D-T saws.jpg
Stewie (Planemaker) has been showing us up lately, with his lovely handles, so I decided to add a couple of decorative touches. Nothing too bold, I put a couple of notches in the spine, just in front of the handle, followed by my usual straight chamfer.
D-T saw 15 tpi.jpg
Not very adventurous at all, but I found it hard to dream up some decoration that doesn't look too tizzy, and these are going to be working saws, so they are likely to pick up a few scars over the coming years.
I left the carcase saw spine with plain chamfers, & added a notch in the handle chamfer instead: Carcase saw 12 tpi.jpg
(Edit: It doesn't even show in the pic! :C )
I'm not sure what the handler wood is, it's a chunk I got in Nth Qld. last year. I think it's Salwood (Acacia aulacocarpa), but I'm not taking bets. Finished up ok, but it's one of those woods that requires you to work through every grit, to get the marks out. Despite my care, I still ended up with a couple of small scratches on each handle under the finish. :~ Noone will notice, I'm sure, and in 6 months, it will have worse scratches from use, I expect, so I'm not going to fuss over them this time.
Cheers,
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