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For larger teeth, it's usually not a problem, but can become so as the teeth get smaller and the corner radius proportionally larger. In some cases, the corner radius becomes larger than the front...

I'm making something similar right now. I just used a couple of wood screws that run through a hole in the blade. Worked great for me.

I'm all for recycling, but it may be more cost or time effective in the long run to just buy a lifetime's supply of it new. McMaster Carr has 1/4" wide strips of 0.042" thick 1095 spring steel in 25'...

That's almost enough to make me cry...

I hoped that was what you meant, as I would have felt compelled to look for a filer if that was what you had used.

The nice thing about the Burr toother is that you can use all three corners of...

Do you mean a punch, George, or was it a filer? If it was a totoher, did it look like the one below?

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The toother I bought only had a few bars with it, and they were in pretty poor...

I use muriatic acid. I bought a gallon a couple of years ago at Home Depot, and have not gone through even half of it yet (hundreds of saw blades). I use the Klean Strip Safer version (I think it is...

I've seen a lot of people pick up my saws over the past couple of years. A fair percentage of these struggle with using them, especially starting the cut. There are three suggestions I offer that...

Perhaps I missed it, but I did not see the size of the backsaw you are filing. We can spitball rake angles at you that may or may not work for you, but there are several factors you need to consider....

Very nice work, Stewie. That is probably my favorite one that I've seen you post.

Without looking back at previous saws, it seems that you've been slowly moving towards more traditional designs....

How hard does one have to hit the steel to make this happen? Many light taps, or were full strength blows better? Were these repairs considered "almost as good as new", or more of a "that'll do for...

From that website: Our Prime White Beech is mainly crown cut with rift and quartered stock being produced to order and is not normally available from stock. Our Red Heart stock is a mix of crown,...

What little European beech I have seen is billed as "steamed" to even out the colors. I don't know that it affects the working properties of the wood, but the color seems less lively than in American...

Just in case you mean you are going to use the spade bit to drill through the wood...

I learned the hard way that spade bits do not work well in wood. Drill the wood with a brad point or twist bit...

When I drill the holes, I skip marking the centers and go straight to drilling the plate while it is in the handle. No (well, almost no) chance of errors that way, since the bit I use to dril the...

I don't think that is a good characterization of what is happening in a saw. The concept of effective rake doesn't exist as it does with a plane. No matter how the saw is handled or held, the teeth...

I have used masonry bits in the past. They can work very well if you sharpen them first. But the very best bits for doing this are carbide spade drill bits. They are made specifically for this task -...

Judson, I prefer the first way of measuring it since it shows the relationship between the thrust vector and the toothline. It just seems a little more intuitive to me (and it makes calculations...

In general, the shorter the saw, the higher the hang angle will be. As the hang angle is increased (by rotating the handle), the height of the handle above the spine is also increased.

It's...

Definitely worth it if you enjoy looking at or buying old tools. It's one of the bigger tool events in the area. You probably can find just about anything you might want (unless you really need it,...

For me, it depends on the scale of work. In something like a Roubo style workbench, it wouldn't bother me too much. On smaller work, you can put in a sacrificial tenon to back it up while you chop.

Tom, there are two nuts on the rod at the rear chop. The one in the front is recessed into the wood so that the jaws can close all the way. The second nut is just tightened onto the rod from the...

Here is an option that requires no metalworking machines. I did use a drill press to drill the handles, but it could be done without one. You don't get the nice cast iron handwheel, but I haven't yet...

They are coming. I started out building only 12 inch carcase saws, and have been expanding outwards from there, a process that seems glacial at times. I have done a few 18 inch saws, but until I work...

That pretty much covers it. I find the 64th's scale to be a little fussy and slow to read, so unless I really need it I usually use the 32nd's.

I picked it up doing trim work, where the finest...