New DT Saw

[Ed Nelson]

Here is a pic of my "new" dovetail saw. This is something I started making a couple years ago. Alan DuBoff offered me some very nice saw nuts. Imagine my surprise when I open a box to find an entire saw kit!!!

The blade, back, and nuts are from him. He also sent a maple handle cutout, but I had started one from walnut and decided to use it. The handle was rasped and sanded to shape, finished with garnet shellac and wax.

I didn't get things lined up as I would have liked, but it seems to work well!

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/data/953/medium/IMG_0640.jpg

[Bill Satko]

Ed, the saw looks great. I have considered getting a saw kit from Mike Wenzloff for some time, but I am not sure he still offers that service. What aspect of the saw building would you consider to be the most challenging?

[Ed Nelson]

Cutting the kerf for the blade and mortising for the back. You really need to be precise and this one could have definitely been done better. I had actually started making the blade too and may still try to finish that one. Sure would be nice to have a toother!!!

[Jeremy Williams]

Dude, that looks great. I've been hearing about it for a long time ... sweet!

You never even mentioned you finished it ... MONTHS ago!

[Vaughn McMillan]

That looks sweet to me, Ed. :thumb: Great job.

(I'm still trying to figure out how it attaches to your router, though.) :p

[Matt Hutchinson]

Nice work! How cool is it to have a tool the you can walk around telling people, "Yeah, the dovetails on this drawer are all handcut.....with a backsaw that I made myself." Can't wait to see what you make with it! Again, great looking saw! :thumb:

Hutch

[larry merlau]

sweet saw one more thing on the want to do list:) but wont be very soon. nice job on the handle work

[Travis Johnson]

Here is a pic of my "new" dovetail saw. This is something I started making a couple years ago. Alan DuBoff offered me some very nice saw nuts. Imagine my surprise when I open a box to find an entire saw kit!!!

The blade, back, and nuts are from him. He also sent a maple handle cutout, but I had started one from walnut and decided to use it. The handle was rasped and sanded to shape, finished with garnet shellac and wax.

I didn't get things lined up as I would have liked, but it seems to work well!

I am late getting into this thread Ed but like you, I miss Alan DuBoff's presence on here. We had some great private conversations on making hand tools...mostly saws and he certainly knows his saws!

Nice dovetail saw though. I can certainly understand the desire to make the perfect saw, but oh how that is so difficult to obtain! I hope you have not got hooked on hand making saws now though...it is a very slippery slope that is for sure. :)