Hand saws that I build

[Christophe Mineau]

Hi Rob, welcome, and happy new year,
your saws are wonderful !
How do you obtain the blades ?
Are you a professional maker ?
Cheers,
Christophe

[rob streeper]

Each is different and each works differently. Saw handle shape is very much a personal thing. A shape that works really well for one person will be very uncomfortable for someone else. Thus I'm trying a range of parameters.

[rob streeper]

Hi Rob, welcome, and happy new year,
your saws are wonderful !
How do you obtain the blades ?
Are you a professional maker ?
Cheers,
Christophe

Hi Christophe,

Thanks for your kind words.
I purchase the steel for the blades in rolls from an outfit called Zoro tools (1095 Steel Coils 0.02"- 0.03" Thick by LYON - Shim Stock at Zoro), or I find it on eBay. 1095 steel can be hard to find in small quantities but Zoro started selling it in smaller lots a few months ago, hopefully they will continue.
The backs I make myself from sheet stock obtained from Online Metals (Online Metal Store | Small Quantity Metal Orders | Metal Cutting, Sales & Shipping | Buy Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Stainless | Metal Product Guides at OnlineMetals.com).
I make saws as a hobby and sell them for beer and tool money,though at this point I have yet to break even on the beer budget to say nothing of the tool account. At the moment my other work is slow so I have been able to put more time into saws.

Cheers,
Rob

[kbalch]

Thanks rob streeper! I've added your Back Saw to our Metalworking category, as well as to your builder page: rob streeper's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Back Saw by rob streeper

tags: saw, handle, hand tools

[kbalch]

Hi Rob,

Those are some very attractive and useful homemade tools! Your Back Saw is the 'Tool of the Week'!

You'll be receiving one of our official HomemadeTools.net T-shirts:



Let me know (via PM) your size, color choice, and mailing address. We'll get the shirt in the mail to you directly.

Congrats!

Ken

[rob streeper]

Thanks a lot Ken. PM sent and more saws on the way!

[rob streeper]

This is a miter saw I did for a local contractor with reversed teeth so that it cuts on the pull stroke.

[Altair]

Great looking miter saw. Great job as always, Rob.

Al

[rob streeper]

Thanks Al, I'd post more pics but the file size restriction necessitates a lot of manipulation to make them small enough to upload. I'll post more as time goes on.
Cheers,
Rob

[Altair]

Cool! Looking forward to those pics!

AL