Marc Casebolt
03-22-2009, 4:05 PM
Neander that is,
I sold a 20" Agazzani to do this???
Actually this was a gas. I was not at all sure how this would come out, but I made me a frame saw (fun, and not hard at all), sharpened the blade (the second time I've done this), and went after a 3 3/4" X 40"X 8/4 chunk of cherry.
The first pics show the saw and how well it followed the line. I started the cut, and it just went like butter, right down the line like I knew what I was doing, flipping the board every 3" of cut or so. At this point I'm feeling like a natural genius, but it didn't last.
Half way through the cut I flipped the board to start from the other end. It was either that, or get longer arms because of the way I had it set up. I did the exact same thing on the other end to start the cut, but that saw suddenly developed a mind of its own. Right away it went off the line, and I found out that you can not (or at least I can not) turn that thin 1 1/2" wide blade in the cut. Flip it over, try from the other side, no luck same thing. But I was so good at this just two minutes ago! I had by now cut about three inches. Three very ugly inches. I finally took my Disston D12 rip saw and very carefully cut a wider kerf, on the line, that I could maneuver the frame saw blade in, and then it made the rest of the cut without further foul language needed (I want to appologise to the kids next door).
Total elapsed time: about 1 hour.
Marc
I sold a 20" Agazzani to do this???
Actually this was a gas. I was not at all sure how this would come out, but I made me a frame saw (fun, and not hard at all), sharpened the blade (the second time I've done this), and went after a 3 3/4" X 40"X 8/4 chunk of cherry.
The first pics show the saw and how well it followed the line. I started the cut, and it just went like butter, right down the line like I knew what I was doing, flipping the board every 3" of cut or so. At this point I'm feeling like a natural genius, but it didn't last.
Half way through the cut I flipped the board to start from the other end. It was either that, or get longer arms because of the way I had it set up. I did the exact same thing on the other end to start the cut, but that saw suddenly developed a mind of its own. Right away it went off the line, and I found out that you can not (or at least I can not) turn that thin 1 1/2" wide blade in the cut. Flip it over, try from the other side, no luck same thing. But I was so good at this just two minutes ago! I had by now cut about three inches. Three very ugly inches. I finally took my Disston D12 rip saw and very carefully cut a wider kerf, on the line, that I could maneuver the frame saw blade in, and then it made the rest of the cut without further foul language needed (I want to appologise to the kids next door).
Total elapsed time: about 1 hour.
Marc