Hmmm, settled down tonight to start off on the first of 8 wardrobe doors. 8
mortise & tenon joints per door. All cut by hand in American Black Walnut.

I have no problem chopping mortises out by hand. It's very therapeutic.

However, the tenons are a different matter. A nice sharp new saw would
speed this process up no end....

Flipped open the Axminster catalogue, skipped over the Lie-Nielsens (I wish
I'd thought of this whilst I was in the States a couple of weeks ago),
Victor dovetail ripcut appears to be what I want.

But, for the price of that I can get 2 or 3 Japanese pattern saws, and I
know a lot of people swear by these.

Anyone any suggestions on which ones to go for? Accuracy is important to
me....


thx


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Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

RichardS wrote:
[ saws for cutting tenons ]
Flipped open the Axminster catalogue, skipped over the Lie-Nielsens
(I wish I'd thought of this whilst I was in the States a couple of
weeks ago), Victor dovetail ripcut appears to be what I want.

But, for the price of that I can get 2 or 3 Japanese pattern saws,
and I know a lot of people swear by these.

Anyone any suggestions on which ones to go for? Accuracy is important
to me....

Anything of reasonable quality properly sharpened is fine. There's a lot
of crap talked about brands. I'd be inclined to go for a longer saw if
you see one you like.


J.B.

"Jerry Built" ] wrote in message
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RichardS wrote:
[ saws for cutting tenons ]
Flipped open the Axminster catalogue, skipped over the Lie-Nielsens
(I wish I'd thought of this whilst I was in the States a couple of
weeks ago), Victor dovetail ripcut appears to be what I want.

But, for the price of that I can get 2 or 3 Japanese pattern saws,
and I know a lot of people swear by these.

Anyone any suggestions on which ones to go for? Accuracy is important
to me....

Anything of reasonable quality properly sharpened is fine. There's a lot
of crap talked about brands. I'd be inclined to go for a longer saw if
you see one you like.



This is for fine work - dovetail / small tenon size is ideal for my
purposes.

I've since reworked my plan and set up a couple of jigs for hogging off the
bulk of the tenon waste with a router - perhaps not the classical technique
for tenons but it's quick (got 64 of them to cut in total) and produces nice
flat surfaces.

I'm going to give these Japanese saws a go for some other joints and see
what the results are like - longer term plans involve a bandsaw when I get
more workshop space sorted out (ie bigger shed!).

First door complete (bar finishing), 7 more to go, missus is dead impressed
with the results!

thanks


--
Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

RichardS wrote:
[ saws for cutting tenons ]
Flipped open the Axminster catalogue, skipped over the Lie-Nielsens
(I wish I'd thought of this whilst I was in the States a couple of
weeks ago), Victor dovetail ripcut appears to be what I want.

But, for the price of that I can get 2 or 3 Japanese pattern saws,
and I know a lot of people swear by these.

Anyone any suggestions on which ones to go for? Accuracy is important
to me....

Japanese for me every time - I find the tiny kerf (1/3 the width of my
tenon saw's kerf) makes like much easier both for starting the cuts at
the right place and for letting you tell more quickly when you're
going off course with your cut.

An alternative is a cheap gents saw with the set removed by judicious
hammering. If this cuts too slowly for you then remove (by file)
every other tooth.

John Forbes