{"id":28285,"date":"2025-09-24T20:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28285"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:06:19","slug":"diy-workshop-fixing-a-crappy-saw-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28285","title":{"rendered":"DiY\/WORKSHOP: Fixing a Crappy Saw-Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some years ago the handle for this saw either broke, or I just plain didn\u2019t like it (plastic?). So I made a new one, using marine ply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new handle had several issues: it was way too thick; the groove I cut for the saw blade was way too wide (so much so the blade wasn\u2019t properly secured in the handle); and it was plain ugly, shape wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I decided to: shape it a bit more, and thereby improve it aesthetically (even if only a little it!); cut it in half, sand it down, and re-glue it, so the saw blade groove was appropriately sized; and shellac it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did the last of these first. Fine. The next step – pics one and two above – went south very quickly. My Japanese pull-saw cut fine, but I wandered off course. So I took the handle to S&F, and cut it in half on their bandsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanding the two internal faces brought the whole thing back into the realms of workability. I then had to fill in the wandering cut wound, which I did with a sawdust and wood glue mix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it came time to glue the two halves of the handle back together, I needed to use a thin veneer – white oak scraps did the job – to re-establish a gap sufficient to re-insert the saw blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had to use a few different saws to clean out the blade insertion part of the handle, so I could slot it back in. I re-used the same fixtures to secure the blade. And it looks and feels a helluva lot better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I oiled the screws in the handle, and the blade, with Teresa\u2019s sewing machine oil. To combat rust encroachment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another little tool maintenance job done. I find these small tasks strangely satisfying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some years ago the handle for this saw either broke, or I just plain didn\u2019t like it (plastic?). So I made a new one, using marine ply. The new handle had several issues: it was way too thick; the groove I cut for the saw blade was way too wide (so much so the blade … <\/p>\n

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