I want to rip a macrocarpa sleeper last week. I don't have a bandsaw, nor a table saw, and I like to try to do things by hand anyway. So I dug out my old rip saw (unknown brand, 5ppi). The sleeper is 8ft long and 3" thick and I was making hard work of it - the saw hasn't been sharpened since... well probably since I was an apprentice 40 years ago (it hasn't seen much use mind). So I looked around to see what I have amoung my recently acquired saws awaiting commissioning.
I picked out a nice thumbhole Disston (4 1/2ppi) and tried that for a change. When I say nice, it has a straight blade, not too much surface rust, all screws present and correct - but it has a lot of borer holes. They don't matter do they? I figured I'd fill them with putty/wax/whatever and I'd have a nice saw.
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Well it does matter :C. The little blighters have eaten the guts out of the wood, and after a few minutes of cutting, the horn just broke away in my hand :o:doh:
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Anyone for a group tear session?
Cheers, Vann.
I picked out a nice thumbhole Disston (4 1/2ppi) and tried that for a change. When I say nice, it has a straight blade, not too much surface rust, all screws present and correct - but it has a lot of borer holes. They don't matter do they? I figured I'd fill them with putty/wax/whatever and I'd have a nice saw.
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Well it does matter :C. The little blighters have eaten the guts out of the wood, and after a few minutes of cutting, the horn just broke away in my hand :o:doh:
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Anyone for a group tear session?
Cheers, Vann.
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