2018-08-08T16-22-24

For a change of pace and while the tabletop glue-up fully cures, I started making a frame saw, modelled after a saw pictured in Roubo's famous book l'art du menuisier. The uprights come from the same Cherry board that I used for the small side table and the stretcher is a piece of Birdseye Maple with fairly straight grain; I like the combination already :-) #FrameSaw #BowSaw #HandSaw #Roubo #HandToolsOnly #BlackCherry #Cherry #BirdseyeMaple #Maple #Woodworking

2018-08-10T14-18-55

The joinery for the frame saw is done; they are nice and tight at the shoulder when the blade is tensioned and I was able to test-run the saw although the uprights are not yet shaped. In order to match the slope on the tenon shoulder and the notch in the upright, I used two sliding bevels and aligned them with a square (no measurements needed :-) #FrameSaw #BowSaw #HandSaw #Roubo #HandToolsOnly #BlackCherry #Cherry #BirdseyeMaple #Maple #Woodworking

2018-08-29T11-03-24

Shaping the arms of the new frame saw. I started by playing with some French curves on paper, transferred the outline to a piece of cardboard using good old-fashioned carbon paper, used the cut-out template to draw the arm profile on both faces of my pieces. I cut the first arm with a bow saw and the second with a hammer and chisel; both took about the same time; then I refined with a chisel, spokeshave, small file, and a card scraper. Finally I tapered the top half of the arms using a Jack plane. Now I need to shape the handle area. #FrameSaw #BowSaw #HandSaw #Roubo #HandToolsOnly #BlackCherry #Cherry #BirdseyeMaple #Maple #Woodworking

2018-09-04T12-19-18

The second coat of oil is cured and the new frame saw is ready to run. Well, I had started using it even before shaping it, but now it is way more comfortable :-) #FrameSaw #BowSaw #HandSaw #Roubo #HandToolsOnly #BlackCherry #Cherry #BirdseyeMaple #Maple #Woodworking