Robert Rozaieski
06-13-2009, 9:48 PM
I just finished up assembling the backs to the plates of two new saws I've been slowly working on. Both have 0.025" thick plates. I have a 19" piece of the 0.025" 1095 left and was considering making a 19" Kenyon style tenon saw similar to Mike Wenzloff's Kenyon tenon but seeing as one of the saws I'm currently making is a 16" rip tenon saw, I'm not sure I'll need another rip filed tenon saw, at least not in the immediate future.
However, what I do really want is a panel saw. I have a 28" Atkins rip and my favorite, a 26" Disston #7 which is currently filed crosscut. However, the Disston is a little long to use on the bench so I'd like a shorter crosscut filed panel saw.
What I'm wondering is if anyone has made a panel saw from 0.025" steel? I put a caliper on my favorite Disston #7 and it is taper ground from about 0.032" at the tooth line to about 0.025" at the top of the toe. Any of the more experienced sawmakers out there (Mike, Alan, I'm talking to you guys especially) think 0.025" would be thick enough for the full width of an unbacked panel saw? I'm not taper grinding ;).
However, what I do really want is a panel saw. I have a 28" Atkins rip and my favorite, a 26" Disston #7 which is currently filed crosscut. However, the Disston is a little long to use on the bench so I'd like a shorter crosscut filed panel saw.
What I'm wondering is if anyone has made a panel saw from 0.025" steel? I put a caliper on my favorite Disston #7 and it is taper ground from about 0.032" at the tooth line to about 0.025" at the top of the toe. Any of the more experienced sawmakers out there (Mike, Alan, I'm talking to you guys especially) think 0.025" would be thick enough for the full width of an unbacked panel saw? I'm not taper grinding ;).