Thread: What are you working on?

Need the magnet to suck the saw over, I reckon!


So back on my funky old razor! https://straightrazorpalace.com/work...ml#post1848064

It shaves awesome! Like it would never cut you and leaves felled whiskers in it's wake! Very nice!

Learned this before,,,,,,,Messing with the spine is often fruitless, Is what it is. Tape it.
Getting the bevel down seems the ticket!

Happy with this one....Finally!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Need the magnet to suck the saw over, I reckon!


So back on my funky old razor! https://straightrazorpalace.com/work...ml#post1848064

It shaves awesome! Like it would never cut you and leaves felled whiskers in it's wake! Very nice!

Learned this before,,,,,,,Messing with the spine is often fruitless, Is what it is. Tape it.
Getting the bevel down seems the ticket!

Happy with this one....Finally!

I knew that you could make it work! Outstanding!

Originally Posted by Johntoad57

I knew that you could make it work! Outstanding!

Thanks, John.....It was like WOW! I will send it over for you to try soon! It cannot be just ME!

Originally Posted by DZEC

In the video he inserts a round magnet into the hole. The magnet holds the pull saw blade firmly against the jig and keeps the blade from wandering while cutting. I saw another jig that used two magnets for cutting longer material.

In the video I wonder why the top unused teeth don't cut up the jig as they pass by.

With the set of the teeth and the magnet they should be dragging.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I am a bit confused I saw the magnet being installed in the 'LARGE' hole but as was asked what about the 'SMALL' hole? Is that also for a magnet?

See here:

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Sorry about that. I misread the original question.

When he takes that piece out of his scrap bin early in the video, the hole is already there. So it has no purpose in the jig.

Originally Posted by 32t

In the video I wonder why the top unused teeth don't cut up the jig as they pass by.

With the set of the teeth and the magnet they should be dragging.

In Japanese saws for fine cuts like dovetails, the teeth are not set so there would be no teeth to scrape the jig. I imagine that is the case with the one he uses in the video.

OR, he considers the jig made from scrap to be sacrificial and just doesn’t care if it gets cut up a bit by the top edge of the saw as long as the cutting edge is doing its job.

Originally Posted by MikeT

Awesome! Thank you. Ive been running some ideas through my head on jigs to cut 1/4" blanks down. Still gonna watch some videos to get it just right but every bit of info helps.
Hey, what was the little hole for?
I must be missing something, like a duh moment.
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I watched a video on making one of these & I think I may build one. Harbor Freight has the magnets you need. I think the Vid. was on Pintrest "Sp"
Slawman

Redneck pull-saw. Hacksaw blade with the side-cutters ground-off!

I did a little polishing of scales today.
My CA finish on some wood scales...


And the 2 aluminum scales on a pair of crown razors...


I think I got a little shine on the aluminum.

Got to work on a blade that has been miss treaded for years now. The black rubber scales look good now but the blade is only going to get a little better. Hope to get it finished and put together later today. Then some honing.

I did some quick looking into different Japanese style saws and in makes sense that a Kataba style saw that only has teeth on one side is recommended for cutting along a guide. Like a western style you would have to make a choice of a rip or cross cut.