You can also do a modified approach. Build the basic framing as one unit. Then make the cuts to separate it but don't completely cut through all the sides....
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Avery Austringer
avery1415
Jan 2, 2013 7:02 am
... Here's how I'd approach the problem: Step 1 - Make the lid and body separately. Use pegs and glue for assembly, not metal fasteners. Step 2 - Mount the...
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i_griffen
Jan 1, 2013 5:30 am
Garvin Having experience sharpening and setting these Saws. It sounds to me there is no set in the teeth and the raker teeth are too long and needs to br taken...
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Scot Eddy
mister_eddy2003
Dec 31, 2012 7:23 pm
Yeah, I kinda did answer my own question. I did an earlier curved lid coffer the first way (separate pieces) I guess I'll try it as one whole piece. As a side...
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John LaTorre
tentmeister
Dec 31, 2012 7:07 pm
... When I built a similar box, I made the box and lid separately, and it came out well enough. In your case, it might be wise to to the same. But to ensure a...
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Jim Hart
baronconal
Dec 31, 2012 5:57 pm
That really depends on how accurately you feel you can match the parts if made separately. You have answered your own question you just have to decide which...
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Scot Eddy
mister_eddy2003
Dec 31, 2012 4:46 am
I want to make a curved lid coffer for a friend. Would it be better to build the box and lid separately or should I build it in one piece and cut the lid off...
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K
kai_saerpren
Dec 31, 2012 2:21 am
Hi; saws need "set" to make the "Kerf" (slot that the saw cuts) wider than the thickness of the blade, "Set" is the amount the teeth are bent sideways after...
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frode_kettilsson
frode_kettil...
Dec 30, 2012 8:14 pm
Well done! Thank you for posting this! Frode...
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Jerry Harder
geraldgoodwine
Dec 30, 2012 10:29 am
It takes a lot of work to make a good tool, the better the tool the more work. I have a conflicting and duel line of thought on making tools and caring for...
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Stuart
darsnordham
Dec 29, 2012 11:13 pm
Nicely done; I've made a couple of trombas, one from the Memling Angels altar piece C1480 and one from later similar to yours. Fun aren't they? the most...
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Robert Capozello
afpopa
Dec 29, 2012 6:58 pm
Hi folks! Â Thought you all might be interested in a project I just finished - a musical instrument called a tromba marina. Â ...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Dec 28, 2012 8:07 pm
Yeah sure. Give me a day or so. In the meantime most of my saw pics and early tool pics actually are on my facebook group page. Just faster to upload....
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Geirfold
hammered_sha...
Dec 27, 2012 2:33 pm
Can you post pics of them?...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 27, 2012 2:29 pm
Mutter. Auto-mistake doesn't like your name, Haraldr ;) sorry about that....
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nelsonhaynes@...
appelgarthe
Dec 27, 2012 1:50 pm
Broom! That was impressive. Thanks. Nigel In a message dated 12/25/2012 1:12:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, IAmBroom@... writes: ...
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Sean Powell
sean14powell
Dec 26, 2012 11:55 pm
Cross-cut saws have teeth like 3 sided pyramids. The are flat on the outside with a knife edge front and back, generally they have a more vertical slope on the...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 26, 2012 11:22 pm
On the question of crosscut versus rip- I don't know. The tooth pattern is one I haven't seen on anything but these large logging saws and I don't know...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 26, 2012 11:18 pm
On the question of crosscut versus rip- I don't know. The tooth pattern is one I haven't seen on anything but these large logging saws and I don't know...
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Haraldr Bassi (yahoo)
haraldrbassi
Dec 26, 2012 9:36 pm
I concur with the others who discussed whether it was a crosscut or rip saw. I also concur with the advice to sharpen the teeth before worrying about setting...
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Dave Ordway
ddordway
Dec 26, 2012 9:22 pm
Might I suggest a heavy table perhaps made of hand sawn 8/4 Oak. You could use the planks from your newly sawn log.......wait a minute......you need a table...
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D. Young
partsandtech...
Dec 26, 2012 8:15 pm
If anyone is interested in early saws I own the following, the are heavily based on medieval versions (ie, we can take cues). --early kenyon keyhole saw circa...
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frode_kettilsson
frode_kettil...
Dec 26, 2012 6:12 pm
Hi all, Years ago (before Al Gore) I had a pair of setting pliers, and I'd had little luck finding new ones. Happily they are becoming available again! Not...
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Wolf
sancoeur
Dec 26, 2012 5:59 pm
VERY carefully..... ;) ... Not sure how I would go about mounting a fence in this application either ;)...
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gavinkilkenny
Dec 26, 2012 4:36 pm
mm.. no table involved ;) I'm not even going to think about the table required for an oak log 20 feet long and 2 feet in diameter, not to mention the hoist...
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Tom Immke
immke...
Dec 26, 2012 3:45 pm
oops. sorry read the thread wrong.......
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Tom Immke
immke...
Dec 26, 2012 3:44 pm
These are all good ideas but first make sure your fence is square with your blade and make sure the blade is square with the table. Seems like it should be...
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Geirfold
hammered_sha...
Dec 26, 2012 3:13 pm
Another thing that might help is waxing the blade....
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Antonia di Lorenzo
antonia_di_l...
Dec 26, 2012 8:02 am
It sounds like you need to offset the teeth with a saw setting tool. This is the third step in sharpening a saw. Step 1 = filing tops of teeth so all are at...
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Sean Powell
sean14powell
Dec 26, 2012 1:56 am
Rip-saw or cross-cut saw? The amount of offset varies but all saws should have one. As it is 42" it is obviously for rough-cutting which means the offset will...
