Tenon saw question

I purchased a Japanese Dozuki saw from wookcraft http://www.woodcraft.com/product.aspx?ProductID=12F27&FamilyID=850 .

Once I changed my mind set from push to pull, I found it to be the perfect saw for me. Never tried to do tenons but I suspect it will work well for those too.

Dozuki saws work great for the shoulders but not the rip
cuts.

I use a self-made bowsaw for cutting dovetails and tenon
cheeks. It has a rip blade.

You can use a Japanese Ryoba saw for both cheeks and shoulders
but it’s not as easy to learn as a Dozuki, nor are the teeth as
fine. The saw you choose should depend to some extent on
the size/scale of the work you will be doing. For Shoji screens
and miniature work a Dozuki is fine for all joinery.

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The standard saw I have and see around the stores is a double edged trapazoid thing in the plastic hanging envelope, long gray handle. Vaughn or Bear or something. One side is cross cut, the other rip. use it all the time.

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I may be showing my naivete here… but why not just cut them on the table saw with a dado blade? That’s how I always do them.

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Thanks guys I appreciate the input.

Lew: I think I saw that same one at my local Woodcraft store, I was just too overwhelmed to know one from the other. Thanks for the info.

Loren: Thanks for this information as well. Will it damage a dozuki saw to use it in a rip cut or is it just inefficient and difficult to cut with? I am intending to do regular sized funiture tenons with it, for example tenons on a coffee table apron will be the next thing on my agenda. As a beginner would the lack of a stiffening back on the Ryoba hurt my ability to learn to cut straight?

Catspaw: I think that Ryoba saw that Loren mentioned is maybe the same type that you are talking about too. Do you think a beginner would have trouble cutting accurate joints with it? (Probably depends on the beginner huh? Oh well, I probably out of luck either way.)

Mark: There are two reasons that I am considering trying this out. One is that is seems like it would be a cool skill to have, maybe make me a better woodworker overall. Secondly and probably much more importantly is that my tablesaw is one of those $99 Delta jobs that you get at Lowe’s. Putting a good blade on it helped a lot, but you still can’t hardly make it cut straight and it won’t take a dado head. Probably couldn’t spin it if it did.

Thanks for your replys everyone.

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