Rip cuts following the grain, not the line
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Saw adventure update – day 3: After reading the astounding number of suggestions in this thread (thank you all), and making approximately 40 practice cuts in some old 6x2s, I’m feeling much more comfortable with the saw.
That said, I need to buy the right tool for the job, so I guess I’d better start saving my pennies.
[quote quote=14884]So, if I was going to buy a rip saw, what should I be looking for?
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I don’t know about UK availability, but here in the states, saws are the easiest item in the toolbox to find cheap. Saws are regularly offered for $2-3 at garage sales and flea markets. You guys call them tag sales and car boot sales or something like that I think. Many of these $2-3 dollar saws are worth about that much but if you learn what you are looking for, in not too long you run across some nicer saws. Any of the half decent ones and up would make a better saw than a hardpoint saw because you can give it a dedicated tooth pattern such as rip. Rather quickly you learn to spot medallions (almost always makes it at least a decent saw) and etches (almost always makes it a good saw). They will need cleanup, but there’s good info on the web from Matt Cianci and others about how to do it. Learning to judge the difference between surface and pitting rust helps.
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I donβt know about UK availability, but here in the states, saws are the easiest item in the toolbox to find cheap. Saws are regularly offered for $2-3 at garage sales and flea markets.[/quote]
Tim-
I am not sure what part of the US you are from, but in Los Angeles $2-3 saw dollars prolly translates into $10-$15. Any tool with rust here is considered an “antique” and sells for a premium. π
Seriously, I have not gone to a true “flea market”, just local tool swaps where the value of the tools are already known. There does seem to be MUCH less (decent) WW tools in the wild here than eastern or central US.
Scott, that’s the price you pay for the great weather, views, food, etc. π
Yeah I forgot it’s a whole different story out west. I assume it’s because populations there were so much lower when these vintage hand tools were being sold and used extensively. Things like that are what drive Ebay prices above what we pay here.