Comments on: Saws for stock preparation http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/arts-mysteries-blogs/saws-for-stock-preparation Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Sat, 25 May 2013 22:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jerry Palmerhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/arts-mysteries-blogs/saws-for-stock-preparation/comment-page-1#comment-50 Jerry Palmer Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:57:27 +0000 http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/blog3/2007/03/05/SawsForStockPreparation.aspx#comment-50 I went through the handsaw epiphany a few years back. Hadn’t used a well sharpened handsaw since I was a kid, and didn’t understand why my later attempts at using hand saws seemed to end in discontent. I avoided saws without tails for years, then stumbled across an old D8 Thumbhole. Research on the internet led me to several good sites on saws and sharpening and when I gave it a shot I was amazed at how well even my shoddily sharpened saw worked. Saw sharpening is truly not difficult to do, and you get better at it real fast. I take an old Disston #112 crosscut that I rehandled with me to the wood store and you ought to see the looks when folks see me in the parking lot breaking those 12 foot long boards down by hand to a size more amenable to being carried home in the back of my truck.

]]> By: Adamhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/arts-mysteries-blogs/saws-for-stock-preparation/comment-page-1#comment-49 Adam Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:36:57 +0000 http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/blog3/2007/03/05/SawsForStockPreparation.aspx#comment-49 I think the number of teeth cooresponds to stock thickness. I like to have 6 teeth in the kerf. So working with 4/4 stock mostly, I like a 4 tpi rip saw. I don’t do a lot of "rough" cross-cuts. I tend to plane first and x-cut later and often for the last time. So my x-cut saw is about 12tpi. For basic stock prep I only use a few saws- my 4 tpi rip saw, my 20" x-cut panel saw, and a fine rip saw for thin stock. For narrow stock and precision cuts I use a 14" x-cut backsaw, 12-14tpi.

I don’t really do a lot of curved work in thick stock. I haven’t made any formal chairs yet. But the scroll work I’ve encountered I did with a 12" bow saw. I bought the blade from Highland Hardware, but I think my friend Joel has info and parts and saws at http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com Tell him I said hello!

Adam

]]> By: Roderick Drumgoolehttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/arts-mysteries-blogs/saws-for-stock-preparation/comment-page-1#comment-48 Roderick Drumgoole Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:35:55 +0000 http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/blog3/2007/03/05/SawsForStockPreparation.aspx#comment-48 Adam,

How many different saws do you use for your stock prep? I presume that you are using more than one type of rip and one type crosscut. How about cutting curves…do you use some sort of bow/frame saw?

Regards,

Roderick

]]> By: Larry Gelderhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/arts-mysteries-blogs/saws-for-stock-preparation/comment-page-1#comment-47 Larry Gelder Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:47:08 +0000 http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/blog3/2007/03/05/SawsForStockPreparation.aspx#comment-47 How may TPI do you recommend for rip and crosscut of rough lumber respectively? How about greenwood?

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