Red oak and para cord. Attachment 9825
Red oak and para cord. Attachment 9825
Very cool. You did a great job on it!
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Very nice work....have seen guys carry the blade, then bush craft a frame on site.....
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Nicely done Reb.
Do you employ more of a tenon for the stabilizer or is it notched? The first one I made had shallow notches and didnt work well
Last edited by hunter63; 02-21-2014 at 08:24 PM. Reason: splin'
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Added some stain: Attachment 9830
Got some dimensions on that? I'm mainly curious as to blade length and distance from blade to crossbar.
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Looks to me like a 21" blade and about 8"-9" to from the back of the blade to the cross bar.
Attachment 9833 This one is made from maple with the cross support using mortise and tenon joints. It's a better and sturdier set-up. I still need to make the spinner thingy. These have a twelve inch saw blade.
Rebel, you might consider a book called Ancient Carpenter's Tools by Henry Mercer. 0-486-40958-9. It's a great book and I've made more than one tool just from pictures in it. It's a great resource for forging as well. It has a lot of different jigs and forging tools. The old guys were pretty darn clever. Necessity, invention and all.
http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Carpen.../dp/0486409589
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Thanks for the link Rick. I'll check it out. When I went to Williamsburg I found a similar book and made a shaving horse from the plans. Unfortunately, it didn't make the move. I've been thinking about making another one.
The size of the teeth in relation to the length of the blade itself was what started me wondering: the teeth seemed kinda big for anything larger than one of the 12" hacksaw-compatible buck saw blades. I made a take-down style buck saw a while back but it dont compare anywhere in looks to rebel's saw. Maybe in cutting power ( I used a 21" blade) but not appearance. Nice work, rebel.
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Thanks. I definitely want to do larger saws. I had these blades and thought it would be a place to start and learn.
Here's my first try at a take down buck saw. I used a 21" blade and a piece of all-thread for the tightener:Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.
It all fit's in a chair bag:
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I split a piece of rubber tubing to cover the blade during storage.
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