Peter Cobb
07-24-2011, 1:13 AM
A couple of weeks ago I decided it was time to sharpen my bowsaw blades as they were not working too well (to put it mildly).
Read the vintagesaw primer (http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.html), again... Watched Ron Herman for an hour. Decided I'd got it going in my mind, so I needed to go and make myself a sawvise out of scrap. (Thought of something along Dominic Greco's plan (http://www.leevalley.com/US/newsletters/Woodworking/5/2/article2.htm))
202852
Popped into the shop. Grabbed my plane to prep the jaws and found I hadn't got the stock I needed... and I'm still adjusting my wooden smoother with a hammer + "modifier cap" (not a good solution).
So grabbed some firewood, eyeballed the right size, drilled a 5/8 round mortise and then shaved a thinner branch till it fits. Quite happy with the result. St Roy'd be proud.
How often do you folks get sidetracked?
Cheers,
Peter
202851202850
Not exactly the neatest saw vise, but well...
Read the vintagesaw primer (http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.html), again... Watched Ron Herman for an hour. Decided I'd got it going in my mind, so I needed to go and make myself a sawvise out of scrap. (Thought of something along Dominic Greco's plan (http://www.leevalley.com/US/newsletters/Woodworking/5/2/article2.htm))
202852
Popped into the shop. Grabbed my plane to prep the jaws and found I hadn't got the stock I needed... and I'm still adjusting my wooden smoother with a hammer + "modifier cap" (not a good solution).
So grabbed some firewood, eyeballed the right size, drilled a 5/8 round mortise and then shaved a thinner branch till it fits. Quite happy with the result. St Roy'd be proud.
How often do you folks get sidetracked?
Cheers,
Peter
202851202850
Not exactly the neatest saw vise, but well...