Ray Gardiner
07-04-2011, 4:34 AM
Hi All,
I'm a bit late posting this, but better late than never. Earlier this year I purchased my "dream dovetail saw" Yes, it's the Two Lawyers Tools ebony handled dovetail saw made by Klaus and Pedder, made to the supplied hand measurements it's just a delight to use, you don't really want to put it down once you pick it up... So I was a little reluctant to let my son Josh use it on the blanket chest he is building, but in the end I'm glad I did. He loved it and now I'm going have to battle to get it back.
I should add at this point that Josh's tools are generally better than mine, higher disposable income probably has something to do with it... he has his Lie Nielsen collection and I have my Stanleys and Records.
When it come to saws however I've generally got him beat... personal favourites include some of my own make, and a lovely Wenzloff & Sons Kenyon.
The blanket chest project is somewhat of a marathon dovetailing exercise, in unforgiving 3/4" Victorian mountain ash, sometimes confusingly called tasmanian oak, it's a readily available material as rock hard, splintery, kiln dried, not easy to work with, but has razor straight grain and since the bushfires last year there's lots of it around.
The other experiment in progress is the temporary Moxon twin screw vise, and I have to say it's an amazing experience to use it for wide boards, it's just the thing. I've still got to get around to making heavier jaws, maybe one day, for anyone thinking of making one, all I can say is you won't regret it.
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC1.JPG
Here's the basic setup, note the little packing piece in the middle of the board, proper jaws would eliminate that.
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC2.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC3.1.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC5.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC6.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC7.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC8.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC9.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC10.JPG
And here is the star of the project...
http://www.backsaw.net/images/stories/CIMG1931.JPG
It's a great feeling to work with your son in the workshop and see his skills progress, he is now way better at this than I am, as the above pictures illustrate he is starting to get the hang of cutting dovetails.
The saw performed just beautifully, and I can't recommend it highly enough, now I just have to figure out how to get it back...http://www.woodworkforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
That picture of the saw is one of Pedders, I did take some pictures of the saw, but Pedder's picture was better than mine.. http://www.woodworkforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Regards
Ray
I'm a bit late posting this, but better late than never. Earlier this year I purchased my "dream dovetail saw" Yes, it's the Two Lawyers Tools ebony handled dovetail saw made by Klaus and Pedder, made to the supplied hand measurements it's just a delight to use, you don't really want to put it down once you pick it up... So I was a little reluctant to let my son Josh use it on the blanket chest he is building, but in the end I'm glad I did. He loved it and now I'm going have to battle to get it back.
I should add at this point that Josh's tools are generally better than mine, higher disposable income probably has something to do with it... he has his Lie Nielsen collection and I have my Stanleys and Records.
When it come to saws however I've generally got him beat... personal favourites include some of my own make, and a lovely Wenzloff & Sons Kenyon.
The blanket chest project is somewhat of a marathon dovetailing exercise, in unforgiving 3/4" Victorian mountain ash, sometimes confusingly called tasmanian oak, it's a readily available material as rock hard, splintery, kiln dried, not easy to work with, but has razor straight grain and since the bushfires last year there's lots of it around.
The other experiment in progress is the temporary Moxon twin screw vise, and I have to say it's an amazing experience to use it for wide boards, it's just the thing. I've still got to get around to making heavier jaws, maybe one day, for anyone thinking of making one, all I can say is you won't regret it.
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC1.JPG
Here's the basic setup, note the little packing piece in the middle of the board, proper jaws would eliminate that.
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC2.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC3.1.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC5.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC6.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC7.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC8.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC9.JPG
http://www.backsaw.net/pics/BC/BC10.JPG
And here is the star of the project...
http://www.backsaw.net/images/stories/CIMG1931.JPG
It's a great feeling to work with your son in the workshop and see his skills progress, he is now way better at this than I am, as the above pictures illustrate he is starting to get the hang of cutting dovetails.
The saw performed just beautifully, and I can't recommend it highly enough, now I just have to figure out how to get it back...http://www.woodworkforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
That picture of the saw is one of Pedders, I did take some pictures of the saw, but Pedder's picture was better than mine.. http://www.woodworkforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Regards
Ray