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    Turning saw

    This is a saw frame I made in order to take advantage of broken bandsaw blades.

    The blade clamps copy from small jewelers saws, with flat seats milled about halfway through the ends of long 1/2” carriage bolts that go through the handles. The 8-32 allen screws that tighten the clamps seem small but they hold great.

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    Great idea, nobody hardly ever tries to use an old broken tool for another use, good thinking

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    Quote Originally Posted by rossbotics View Post
    Great idea, nobody hardly ever tries to use an old broken tool for another use, good thinking

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    Thanks, Doug,

    It seems common here on Homemade Tools, though!

    I think the old jewelers saws with sliding frames were meant for using broken blades, so even if it’s not so adjustable using them on a turning saw isn’t much of a stretch.

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    Dado saw

    This is kind of a cross between a rabbet plane, dovetail saw, sur-form and a “centipede plane”, using cut up discarded old carbon steel circular saw blades.

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    That's a neat design. Looks like it might be difficult to get it started in a straight line though...how well does it work in practice?

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    Thanks, bruce.desertrat,

    I couldn’t think of a very accurate name to call it here, 0.330” is a kind of odd width, but it works pretty well for making dados just using a straight edge since there’s no set on the teeth.

    I use it a lot for roughing things to reference depths, like for hand planing or carving. It’s more aggressive and controllable than a rasp or plane. The land at the front end helps to prevent over feeding, and staggering the teeth helps control chattering and tearing out.


    I couldn’t find this yesterday, it’s from Aldren Watson’s “Country Furniture” - I shaped my handle like a carriagemakers plane mostly to use a smaller piece of wood.

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