{"id":278,"date":"2018-10-20T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T09:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=278"},"modified":"2018-10-20T18:32:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T17:32:18","slug":"workshop-saw-reno-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Workshop: saw reno’ update"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tenon
Tenon-Saw, looking nice in the sunrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, here’s an update on my saw renovations, with before and after comparisons.<\/p>\n

\"Clive's
Clive’s old rip-saws.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"New
The new plywood handle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Handle\"
Two coats of linseed oil, and one of wax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first saw I did was the top of the two ripsaws pictured above, which now has a rather fat plywood handle. I might be thinning the grip part down a bit, as I’ve found the extra girth tires my hand (oo-er, missus!). I sharpened the blade, and it’s cutting a treat.<\/p>\n

\"Tenon
Tenon-saw, original state, with new handle, before it broke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stained
Stained the handle a bit darker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next saw I did was the above tenon-saw. I love the more intricate shape I came up with, visible in raw wood two pics up. But sadly it broke. I bodged a fix with some much harder, darker wood, that I simply glued on, thinking the two-tone effect might be nice. But I felt it was a bit too much of a contrast, and wasn’t working, so I stained it a bit darker, to homogenise the look.<\/p>\n

This saw has also been sharpened, twice, and does cut somewhat better. But I think it might need filing flat, and all new teeth re-cutting, as the profile is rather uneven. So not all the teeth engage, and they vary in size and shape.<\/p>\n

\"Rear
The tools ‘n’ stuff look nice against the darker wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My third saw is a much smaller rip-saw; the orange handled one, in the top right corner of the workshop tool wall, pictured above. This one has galvanised teeth, whereas all the others don’t. I believe this means it’ll be tough, perhaps impossible, to sharpen?<\/p>\n

I cut a rough shape, using the original handle as a starting point – as I have with each saw – and then add ‘horns’, and a little more shaping. This one hasn’t gone so well, with the too soft pine splitting on me repeatedly. But I’m determined to keep gluing it back together!<\/p>\n

\n
\"Fail\"
Saw handle #3… a failure!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, I’ve had to concede defeat on saw handle no. three. Not only does it keep splitting, no matter how often I re-glue it, but I’ve also been unable to get the holes I drilled in the wood to align properly with the holes in the blade. And that’s prevented me from assembling the saw, as well as contributing to more splitting issues.<\/p>\n

Hey-ho! I have another handle blank. I may try working on that one.<\/p>\n

\"Tenon
Tenon-Saw handle, this morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, here’s an update on my saw renovations, with before and after comparisons. The first saw I did was the top of the two ripsaws pictured above, which now has a rather fat plywood handle. I might be thinning the grip part down a bit, as I’ve found the extra girth tires my hand (oo-er, … <\/p>\n

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