Old Dog, New Trick

[ken hatch]

No one ever said I was the sharpest chisel on the wall, Here I am 3/4 of a Century old and I'm still getting "damn that's simple, why didn't I think of it" moments. One yesterday from C.S. at the LAP blog was just in time. I have four stretchers that need trimming flush. I have a LV flush cut saw that works but is slow and short and these four stretchers are large. It wouldn't be like trimming a few dowels flush. C.S, to the rescue, he faced a similar problem and solved it by taking a diamond stone to the backside of a Japanese saw, making the impulse hardened saw a flush cut saw. With nothing to lose I did the same to a junk HD pull saw.

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Works great, fast and a clean cut. Whatever I have a new tool in my toolbox.


ken

[Adam Petersen]

There's a couple of ways to skin that cat, but this is probably the easiest and a great idea. I have one of those hanging and might have to convert it too. Thanks for the tip!

[William Fretwell]

Tell me you’re not going to run a plane over the end?

[ken hatch]

There's a couple of ways to skin that cat, but this is probably the easiest and a great idea. I have one of those hanging and might have to convert it too. Thanks for the tip!

Adam,

I had planned on using the card/hand saw trick but this worked better.

ken

[ken hatch]

Tell me you’re not going to run a plane over the end?

William,

Yeah, I'll still get the pleasure of planing end grain but not as much

ken

[Dave Anderson NH]

Ken you will still have those "Ah ha" moments until the day they plant you. I surely do, and quite regularly too.

[ken hatch]

Ken you will still have those "Ah ha" moments until the day they plant you. I surely do, and quite regularly too.

Dave,

I'm afraid you are correct . Sure is nice when they work.

ken