Hasin Haroon
07-03-2017, 1:50 AM
My saw collection was steadily growing for over a year until I decided to thin the herd bit...before I ended up purchasing a bunch of new backsaws. Anyways, I needed a place to store them, so I built a sawtill. I'm in the midst of building a coffee table for my wife that I promised her last year, so I couldn't spend too long on designing or building it. I played it by ear on this one, built it without any crucial measurements beyond a rough estimate of a future proof amount of space on the till.
Total working time on this was probably around 3 - 4 hours. If I had planned ahead it would have been 3, the last hour was mostly fiddling around with the kerfs for the saws to get them to seat securely, as the till is quite 'steep'. Partway through coping out the rough shape the saw jumped out of the cut and got a finger on my left hand on the push stroke - 8 hours later I was in the emergency with 5 stitches in my index finger. Looking back I should've moved the piece in my vise so I didn't have to support the extremities with my left hand. Anyways I powered through the assembly today with 9 digits.
I arranged the saws by type, with flush cut saws on the outside, the dovetail saws first, followed by tenon saws, followed by the larger tenon saws. Next up is my miter box saw whose handle I reshaped to make it more attractive, followed by my panel saws, from small (and high tpi) to large (and small tpi). My favourite saws of the bunch have to be my two LN saws - the thin kerf and the tooth geometry make them a breeze to start and track. The Bad Axe sash saw is a thing of beauty and excels in hardwoods (not so much in softwoods). I left some space as I do intend to eventually get a couple Wenzloff saws - I clearly don't need them but I know I will end up getting them. Sorry I don't know how to rotate the images in the post editor - if someone can enlighten me that would be appreciated.
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Total working time on this was probably around 3 - 4 hours. If I had planned ahead it would have been 3, the last hour was mostly fiddling around with the kerfs for the saws to get them to seat securely, as the till is quite 'steep'. Partway through coping out the rough shape the saw jumped out of the cut and got a finger on my left hand on the push stroke - 8 hours later I was in the emergency with 5 stitches in my index finger. Looking back I should've moved the piece in my vise so I didn't have to support the extremities with my left hand. Anyways I powered through the assembly today with 9 digits.
I arranged the saws by type, with flush cut saws on the outside, the dovetail saws first, followed by tenon saws, followed by the larger tenon saws. Next up is my miter box saw whose handle I reshaped to make it more attractive, followed by my panel saws, from small (and high tpi) to large (and small tpi). My favourite saws of the bunch have to be my two LN saws - the thin kerf and the tooth geometry make them a breeze to start and track. The Bad Axe sash saw is a thing of beauty and excels in hardwoods (not so much in softwoods). I left some space as I do intend to eventually get a couple Wenzloff saws - I clearly don't need them but I know I will end up getting them. Sorry I don't know how to rotate the images in the post editor - if someone can enlighten me that would be appreciated.
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