Backsaw rebuild done

[Stewie Simpson]

Hi Mike. The brass back was shaped by hand. As you mention it adds to the presentation. The backsaw itself works beautifully. All hand sharpened of course.

regards; Stewie.

[Stewie Simpson]

Hi Mike. I spent a couple of years focused on just making backsaws. The handle designs are my own.

I then decided I needed a bit of a break from saw making and return to my previous interest, making traditional hand planes. This time with an emphasis on using toothing irons. Here's an example of 1 of those planes.

Click on photo to enlarge.



From toothing planes I have now switched to making traditional Boxed Chamfer Planes. Here's the prototype I made that will form the basic design for another 4 I am currently building.





Here you can see a recent photo of those 4 chamfer planes in progress.





Stewie;

[bill howes]

" I didn't have any saw nuts on hand so made some from 1/4-28 stainless steel nuts and bolts."
Jeff,
I would be interested in how you made the saw nuts. They look great.

[Jeff Wittrock]

Beautiful saw Stewie!

[Stewie Simpson]

Congrats yourself Jeff. Your backsaw handle turned out real sweet.


regards; Stewie.

[Jeff Wittrock]

Hi Mike. I spent a couple of years focused on just making backsaws. The handle designs are my own.

I then decided I needed a bit of a break from saw making and return to my previous interest, making traditional hand planes. This time with an emphasis on using toothing irons. Here's an example of 1 of those planes.

Click on photo to enlarge.


Stewie;

Stewie,

I love the sharp, crisp details of this plane.

[Jeff Wittrock]

" I didn't have any saw nuts on hand so made some from 1/4-28 stainless steel nuts and bolts."
Jeff,
I would be interested in how you made the saw nuts. They look great.

Hello Bill,

I started with a 1/4-28 x 1-1/4 stainless steel hex head bolt. First, I ground the hex head round using a bench grinder. Since the hex head bolt has a round detail on top, it was pretty easy to get it very close to round using the grinder. Next I chucked the bolt up in my drill press and used a file and sand paper to true and polish the outside surface and top. I then slotted the head using a hacksaw and cleaned up with a very thin needle file that I made by grinding one side down so it is thin enough to fit in the slot.

For the slotted nut, I started with 1/4-28 nuts and ground them round as I did with the bolts above. I just locked two of them together on a bolt to serve as a mandrel. After truning them round and polishing, I slotted them as I did with the bolt.

I'm not sure they look as nice as brass saw nuts, but they work in a pinch.

-Jeff

[bill howes]

Thanks Jeff. They look great to me. I'll have to try that,