Sometimes you win...

[Inor]

And sometimes you screw the pooch. This one is closer to the later than the former.

I have wanted a high-end dovetail saw since forever. But I am not willing to spend the $250-$500 to have one made for me. So I decided to make one for myself. The plate is 0.017 1095 spring steel. The tote is mesquite that I slabbed myself. The entire thing is made 100% with hand tools.



And it has a horrible drift to the left. I may be able to correct it by setting the teeth. I do not have a swedge small enough to set the teeth but I did order one today. Originally, I was planning on cutting the teeth at 12 PPI but decided to go with 16 PPI to see just how thin I could get the kerf. (I should have checked the swedge I do have first.)

I cuts quickly and leaves a very smooth surface but the damn thing wants to cut in a circle! Hopefully, setting the teeth 3 or 4 thousandths will help otherwise I have nice shop trophy and learned how NOT to make a dovetail saw. The downside is, if setting the teeth does not work, I do not know what I did wrong. The plate is perfectly straight and the tote is square.

[Box of frogs]

Brother, you are way over my head in ability.
Hope you can get the drift figured out. Tell us how adjusting the teeth works for you.
BoF

[stevekozak]

Well, for what it is worth, that is a damn good-looking saw!! As BOF said above, you are way over my head in skill and technology. I hope you get it figured out. Out of curiosity, have you ever made ANY kind of saw before?

[Inor]

Well, for what it is worth, that is a damn good-looking saw!! As BOF said above, you are way over my head in skill and technology. I hope you get it figured out. Out of curiosity, have you ever made ANY kind of saw before?

Never from scratch. I have a couple old panel saws that I inherited from my grad dad that I reworked the plates on, but never a backsaw.

[Dwight55]

Too bad my step dad is not alive . . . he could have pointed you in that right direction.

I'll take a file to my saws . . sharpen them when they need it . . . but creating a saw is definitely 3 or 4 steps above my pay grade.

Good luck . . . hope you get it . . . (only said that to be friendly . . . I know you will).

May God bless,
Dwight

[Big Ken]

I gotta tell ya, as good as it looks I'd be happy just having it hang on my wall to look at! I'm sure you'll work the kinks out of it, if not PM me and I'll give you my address.

[red442joe]

Wow! Very nice.
Please do tell us more about this journey; very exciting!

Joe

[Slippy]

BEE-U-TI-FUL Saw!

I'd wear that thing around my neck just to show it off!

[Chiefster23]

Very nice work! Hope you get it figured out!

[Prepared One]

It looks great Inor! As mentioned, your skill level is way out of me league. Hope you get it worked out.