David Fried
05-04-2005, 5:09 PM
I was reading one of Bob Smalser's fascinating boat posts and it referred to an earlier post. I pulled up the list of threads started by Bob and found he had posted several tutorials. One was on building a coping saw. Since I had some scrap left from my March project (still unfinished :eek: ), I decided to make the saw as my April project. I think finishing in the first week of May is pretty good :rolleyes: . I do vow not to start a May project until I finish that March one!
I selected and laid out some scraps (photo 1 ). The ruler, shown for scale, is a seven inch ruler! What a deal, an extra inch!
I did my best to redraw Bob's plan, full size, and transfered it to the wood using carbon paper (photo 2).
Photo 3 shows the parts laid out on Bob's original plan. All that remained was to turn the handle.
The last two photos are of the finished saw. It was soaked in a BLO mix and finished with tung oil, rubbed out with bees wax.
My version might not hold up to professional use since my scrap was Tiger Maple which is pretty but not the straight grained, rift cut Bob recommended. I used brass rod and cold-rolled steel rod from the hardware store instead of the drill rod the plans called for. No one around here seemed to know what that was.:confused: I used brass tubing from the hardware store for the ferral rather than turning down a hose fitting, as Bob did. It just seemed easier.
As my saw will live a charmed life in my shop, only seeing occasional light use, I think it will be OK .
Thanks Bob - I really like it. Time to post more tutorials!
I selected and laid out some scraps (photo 1 ). The ruler, shown for scale, is a seven inch ruler! What a deal, an extra inch!
I did my best to redraw Bob's plan, full size, and transfered it to the wood using carbon paper (photo 2).
Photo 3 shows the parts laid out on Bob's original plan. All that remained was to turn the handle.
The last two photos are of the finished saw. It was soaked in a BLO mix and finished with tung oil, rubbed out with bees wax.
My version might not hold up to professional use since my scrap was Tiger Maple which is pretty but not the straight grained, rift cut Bob recommended. I used brass rod and cold-rolled steel rod from the hardware store instead of the drill rod the plans called for. No one around here seemed to know what that was.:confused: I used brass tubing from the hardware store for the ferral rather than turning down a hose fitting, as Bob did. It just seemed easier.
As my saw will live a charmed life in my shop, only seeing occasional light use, I think it will be OK .
Thanks Bob - I really like it. Time to post more tutorials!