Dovetail saw

[Kees Heiden]

Finished this weekend. 9" long, 14 ppi, 2 degree rake. Folded tapered spine and canted blade, 0.45mm thick. QS beech handle.


You can read all about the build of this saw in the last two months on my blog. http://seekelot.blogspot.nl/


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[Hilton Ralphs]

Very beautiful indeed.

Now you just have to align the split nuts and my ocd inner demon will be happy.

[Kees Heiden]

No I won't, no I won't, no I won't.....


:D

[Steve Voigt]

Looks great Kees!
So, are you going into the saw business?

[george wilson]

Very careful work,Kees! How did you go about folding the back?

[Kees Heiden]

Looks great Kees!
So, are you going into the saw business?

Nah, not really. I'll make a few extra for my Dutch woodworking friends. But I'm not going to give up my job in the hospital anytime soon!

George, folding the spine is quite a job indeed! First bending over to 90 degrees on a brake. Not further, because that somehow resulted in a crooked, funny shape. Then into a big machinist vise to squash it as flat as possible. I tried to anneal, but my propane burner isn't strong enough. So the last bit was with a big hammer on an anvil. That of course resulted in quite a few dents, but those were no problem on a 60 grit sanding belt. But before grinding I had to straighten first, which is a nice job, hammering a bit here or there. Oh, and before I hammer it flat, I insert a sacrificial sawplate into the back to prevent flattening it too much. That's about it.

[Jim Koepke]

Looks great.

jtk

[Chris Griggs]

Really nice work Kees! Lovely wood choice and nice crisp sculpting.

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

Very nice, Kees! I'm a huge fan of folded backs over slotted ones, although I suppose one could file the back to get the look, I suppose what I dis-like about slotted backs is the weird squared off look folks like Adria use.

[Derek Cohen]

Hi Kees

Is this the same dovetail saw you posted earlier (perhaps elsewhere), or a new saw altogether? Either way, it is a beautiful design, and beautifuly executed. Well done.

I am curious how you folded the brass back?

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Judson Green]

Yes very nice work! But...


Now you just have to align the split nuts and my ocd inner demon will be happy.

[Ron Bontz]

:cool::cool::cool::cool:;)

[Kees Heiden]

Thanks everyone for the compliments. Much apreciated.

Derek, this is a new one. Allthough it looks a lot like the previous example, I think it is much improved. The blade is now 9" instead of 8", and the handle just looks miles better. Funny how small improvements make such a difference.

I blogged a lot about making this saw in the last two months. I think that is the most extensive publication about how to make a folded back in a garage, ever published!
It starts in October. http://seekelot.blogspot.nl/2013_10_01_archive.html