New Dovetail Saw

Nice work on the saw. The handle looks great and incidently, I also broke a completely finished handle recently too. In my case, I had even added some wheat carving to it, but I made the mistake of assuming the bolts fit better than they actually did. I haven’t made a dovetail saw, but yours turned out swell.

Take care,
Jim

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Looks lovely.

-- Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. --- Psalm 39:5

I think you will end up with one fine dovetail saw

-- I am not so rich to buy cheap tools.

That came out nice. What did you use to cut the 1-1/4” off the back?

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It looks real nice. Congratulations.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Sweet!

-- Kelly, woodworker under construction

Great job. Beautiful handle and the blade came out good too. There was an article in Shop Notes magazine awhile back showing how to make a dovetail saw from scratch and that included sharpening it.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Thanks all, swirt, I used a side grinder with a 1/16 inch blade. Used a piece of 1/2” metal strap as a straight edge. Worked great.

-- Bryan

Beautiful saw looks like it belongs in the lee valley catalogue. You might find that there are actually not enough teeth as apposed to being dull.
Hand made tools are something to take great pride in and you certainly should.

-- Dand Kaslo

great looking saw handle

-- Dan Hux,,,,Raleigh, NC http://whitdaniel.com

looks great, I would use it,

-- even a kick in the caboose is a step in the right direction

Love the handle, I made myself a tenon saw handle many years ago and have just dug it out again to find that surprisingly enough it was blunt. Teeth were in good overall shape just no sharp edge. Did plenty of online reading and research, got myself a little three sided file and an hour of hard work later hey presto one sharp saw! I was so pleased to get the saw back into action.
So I would thoroughly recommend having a go at sharpening it, I don’t think it is quite as scary as people make out although of course that depends how much work you need to do on the teeth before you get to the actual sharpening stage!
Good luck!!

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Wonderful work, it’s a real sweetheart you got now.
I have not been there yet.

Look here: http://www.finewoodworking.com/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=24976

Here: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=ie7&q=saw+sharpening&rls=com.microsoft:da:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7SMSN_daDK325DK327#q=saw+sharpening&hl=da&rls=com.microsoft:da:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7SMSN_daDK325DK327&prmd=ivnsm&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=G4J5TbKAN9CHhQe1-fDvBg&ved=0CDQQqwQ&fp=b681b2ccf18ac83a

And this one is quite fine also: http://www.getwoodworking.com/news/article.asp?a=783
Good luck.
Best thoughts,
MaFe

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

The one I read was also at GetWoodworking.com but by a different author.

-- http://dave-perks.artistwebsites.com/index.html

Very nice work on the saw! I have just recently started collecting and refurbishing old hand saws myself. Did you ever get around to sharpening this blade? How does it work now?
If you ever do another, look up “Chicago bolts” on Lee Valley’s online catalog. I use those and find they are a little nicer and more similar to original style saw nuts. Good job! and your new bench will be very helpful in holding work that you are dovetailing. :)
Ryan

-- I restore the finest vintage tools! If you need a nice plane, saw, marking tool or brace, please let me know!