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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next | (show all) Blacky's Boy Moderator Registered: 06/17/07 Posts: 8970 Loc: Buck's County PA USA Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project       #5863545 - 03/26/12 07:43 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   I've been wanting to build a full sized rip and crosscut saw for a while now. Until recently I didn't have access to large widths of 0.042" steel. But that changed about a month ago. Along with that steel I also picked up a Beverly Slitting Shear. This little gen allows me to cut spring steel like it was paper. Now that all the pieces were in place I decided it was time to layout a rip and cross cut saw prototype. I used Autocad to design the saw plates to meet the hang line of a couple of my favorite saw handles. The Wheeler Madden & Clemson as well as the old Disston D-7. Once I had these laid out I printed out the plans and went to town on the saw plates. Using a trick I picked up from Issac, I used blue painters tape to provide a background for my marking lines. Then it was a simple matter to get the slitting shear set up,... And start cutting. It went a lot easier than I would have thought! It was a lot like cutting paper. It only took me about 10 to 15 minutes (really took my time here) to cut the saw plates to size After that I spent some time smoothing out the edges and curves with a combination of files and my grinding wheel. Before I punched the teeth out I decided I wanted to run a test with a small piece of 0.042" thk scrap. Thanks to JoeMac (and Wilbur for transporting them) I no have a couple additional Foley retoothers. So I decided to use the oldest (and most sturdy looking of the bunch) to perform this test. It was a manual retoother but that posed no problem. It worked GREAT! One by product of this is now I have a small saw plate punched to 9ppi rip. I plan to use this to help me cut the slots in the handles. Now that this is out of the way I moved onto cleaning/debluing the saw plates with Citric Acid. Hopefully I can punch the teeth tonight More progress photos to come. -------------------- See ya around, Dominic ------------------------------ Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak Post Extras:       Timberwolf Honored Veteran and lant something or other Registered: 06/05/02 Posts: 60011 Loc: Sparkling Clearwater, Florida Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Blacky's Boy]       #5863549 - 03/26/12 07:48 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Good pics Dom...keep 'em coming!! -------------------- "Remember, we are First Marines, and all the communist SOBs in the world cannot stop us from going where we intend to go".."Chesty" Puller Lt.Col. USMC..Chosin Reservoir, Korea 1950 Jack Edgar USMC.. Korea '51/'52 Post Extras:       jossimbyr Psychic. Or was that Psychotic? Registered: 03/22/11 Posts: 397 Loc: Troy, AL Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Blacky's Boy]       #5863637 - 03/26/12 09:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Those things are going to look great. One thing that really stands out to me is the curved heel; I LOVE that feature on saw blades. That metal shear is a nice looker, too. -------------------- Interested in looking at my tools? :P Check out my image sets on Flickr... http://www.flickr.com/photos/76077448@N00/sets/ Post Extras:       Blacky's Boy Moderator Registered: 06/17/07 Posts: 8970 Loc: Buck's County PA USA Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: jossimbyr]       #5863687 - 03/26/12 10:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Thanks! Here are the drawings I made up of each prototype Crosscut saw Rip Saw -------------------- See ya around, Dominic ------------------------------ Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak Post Extras:       Steve Friedman Member Registered: 06/17/09 Posts: 1362 Loc: New Jersey Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Blacky's Boy]       #5863706 - 03/26/12 10:23 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Dominic. Very nice. Any reason for cutting them down to 26"? Could you have left it longer or was 25.8" the limit for some reason? Steve Post Extras:       Blacky's Boy Moderator Registered: 06/17/07 Posts: 8970 Loc: Buck's County PA USA Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Steve Friedman]       #5863724 - 03/26/12 10:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Steve, Excellent question. See that diagonal dashed line going from the toe to the mid point of the handle? That's a representation of the relationship between the hang angle of the handle and the saw plate. That's what i used to establish the saw plate length. Is it correct? We'll know once I try the saw out! -------------------- See ya around, Dominic ------------------------------ Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak Post Extras:       BaileyNo5 Member Registered: 11/29/09 Posts: 2598 Loc: Calgary but confess I'm Okie Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Blacky's Boy]       #5864185 - 03/26/12 03:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Looks great, Dom. You have quite the blend of wood and metal working skills, I'm looking forward to seeing the results! -------------------- True power makes no noise. Albert Schweitzer - It's obvious he was referring to hand tools Post Extras:       joemac Member Registered: 11/06/03 Posts: 4272 Loc: Crook County, Sillinois Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Blacky's Boy]       #5864190 - 03/26/12 03:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Oh Man!! Ain't it beautiful when a plan comes together???? I sure wish that I was in your shop to watch the birth of this beauty. Very nice indeed. -------------------- People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. Post Extras:       Bozz Member Registered: 12/31/07 Posts: 1051 Loc: Above Los Angeles Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Blacky's Boy]       #5864196 - 03/26/12 03:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Dom, Looks good! Can't wait to see the finished product. BTW, what is that nib thing for? Mike Post Extras:       Corneel Member Registered: 12/28/07 Posts: 1691 Loc: The Netherlands Re: Big Ripsaw and Crosscut saw project [Re: Bozz]       #5864870 - 03/27/12 02:26 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Looking very good Dom. Are you going to try tapering? Metal scraping should be fun I understood from this forum.... I've also tried that trick to find the hang angle of the handle. But I find it's always pretty arbitrary where you exactly draw the line through the handle. A small deviation and you get a way other hangangle. -------------------- seekelot.blogspot.com Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next | (show all)

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