Erich Weidner
06-06-2021, 11:07 PM
I was crosscutting some 12ish inch wide boards the other day to make some shelves. I used my longer bench hooks but decided the carcass saw was maybe a bit short for the job. So I grabbed my 10 point panel saw and used it to crosscut the boards on the bench hooks.
Went pretty well save for some binding/bowing of the blade at one point, and then another moment when the blade jumped out of the kerf and scarred the wood. Same thing happened on the next cut.
I made the next two cuts on the saw benches. Went smoother, faster, no issues. (Granted I've had more practice with this saw on the saw benches). In the past I've always used my rip and crosscut panel saws on the saw benches and the backsaws on the bench hooks. I don't know why I setup on the bench with the bench hooks, but it seemed worth the experiment to continue.
I'm wondering in what circumstances a traditional (say 19th century) woodworker would use the backsaw vs the panel saw for crosscutting. "Panel saw" seems to imply that this longer saw would be the tool of choice for a wide board/panel. At 10 points my D8 leaves a cut I'm happy with for these shelves, so the finer point carcass saw didn't seem necessary.
Went pretty well save for some binding/bowing of the blade at one point, and then another moment when the blade jumped out of the kerf and scarred the wood. Same thing happened on the next cut.
I made the next two cuts on the saw benches. Went smoother, faster, no issues. (Granted I've had more practice with this saw on the saw benches). In the past I've always used my rip and crosscut panel saws on the saw benches and the backsaws on the bench hooks. I don't know why I setup on the bench with the bench hooks, but it seemed worth the experiment to continue.
I'm wondering in what circumstances a traditional (say 19th century) woodworker would use the backsaw vs the panel saw for crosscutting. "Panel saw" seems to imply that this longer saw would be the tool of choice for a wide board/panel. At 10 points my D8 leaves a cut I'm happy with for these shelves, so the finer point carcass saw didn't seem necessary.