Here is one of my latest inventions, click on the images below for a closer look.
I call it a striking saw. It is a very thin, 32 tpi flush cut saw. A touch past flush cut actually. It is also very well balanced!
It is kind of a cross between a stair saw and a backsaw. But it’s purpose is to strike lines. Strong, consistent, deep, clean lines.
It has a point on the end, to facilitate striking into a corner.
It makes amazingly crisp lines and it can flex up next to a straight edge.
With a fine 32 tpi it is a rather slow saw, but it can be used for detail cutting. It is nice to be able to make a precision initial cut with such ease. The fine tpi does make for smooth even scoring of wood. Not as smooth as the Razorsaw 650 that followed it and cut the rest of the way, but by normal sawing standards amazingly smooth.
The line it leaves is very fine, finer than the pencil marks on the board beneath it. Yet the crisp cut lines are nicely visible even in dark wood cut with the grain.
In these pictures I am using the rather striking saw, to strike lines in mesquite to remake the cheap bevel gauge that is being used in these pictures. In a way, the new bevel gauge is making itself!
Bob
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Clearly the handle is one of your pieces. Where did the blade come from? Are you now cutting 32 tpi? 🙂
Yes, I admit my handles are pretty easy to spot these days.
The blade is a ‘Razor Saw Replacement Blade Fine, Thin Kerf 32TPI, .010in kerf, 5-1/2in. long, 1-3/16in. deep’ from Zona Tools. It does not start out as a flush cut blade, so I had to modify it. I have made fine teeth before, but I cheated and used a checkering file that I got from Walt.
Bob
these saws look great. I’m anxious to put one together. How did you fix the blade into the handle?
I cut the slot with a similar blade. I clean and refine the slot with a thin chisel/scraper, made from some of the same blade material. Then I glue it in with epoxy.
Bob
Older post but I liked the idea so I figured I’d toss one out in return: make a marking gauge with a wider head and a section of saw blade rather than a knife or point tip.