Lacking a bandsaw, and wanting to be able to resaw some timber, I decided to have a crack at a framesaw.
It is probably not the most interesting WIP's but here goes nonetheless...
Stock selected was a piece of sawn QS oak, almost 6" x 1 1/2". It has been in the house for some months- in fact a second piece is one of the pieces that I want to cut down.
I wizzed it through the planer. The dimensions that I am working to are not particularly critical. I noted in mickthetrees thread that his end pieces were not man enough. We exchanged a couple of PMs and so I have sized my ends at 2 1/2 x 16" and the side pieces at about 1 1/2" square. I then transferred to metric and did them at 710mm long to accommodate the 700mm blade. The sides, when the blade i tensioned will be in compression so size shouldn't matter much.
Next pic stock cut to length.
My plan is to use a bandsaw blade, but I have heard mixed reports. If it does not work then I thought that I would make it able to take one of the purpose designed blades from fine tools.
4 mortices to cut, so I thought I would try the 1910 morticer that I bought from ebay. I selected a chisel which was just under 1/2", quick swipe over the oil stone and away we go. I have a couple of action pic. The morticer cuts very easily- I went down to about an inch in depth. It seems to work bet with a very shallow row of small cuts to start, and i used a pig sticker to clear the waste. Care must be taken near to the end grain end- I did blow one out but you cant see it. I think it was just too much waste trapped in there. With the benefit of hindsight, a slightly larger tenon would have been better, but I don't think it will matter. I was impressed with the speed that the morticer allowed me to work. I don't know the textbook way of doing mortice and tenons, but with the mortices cut, I could then use them to set the tablesaw blade to height and did the first tenon.
Then nursery pickup interrupted proceedings.
Now for some thought before continuing. I didn't think about the tenon length so I think I may have to trim the sides to fit the 600mm blade rather than the 700mm. I haven't cut the tenons so nothing really lost.
I want to try out fuming this using ammonia as a trial for some other projects. I will put tru-oil over the top I think. Being oak, any fitting will have to be stainless, but what was used in the days of old that wouldn't discolour the oak.
I hope to find some time over the weekend to finish the tenons and hopefully the frame. Next week I had better get the bolts and fixings together. When it is glued up, I will have a look at shaping any parts that need it. I don't have much in the way of tools, so hopefully it will just want the hard edges knocking off with a hand plane.
It is probably not the most interesting WIP's but here goes nonetheless...
Stock selected was a piece of sawn QS oak, almost 6" x 1 1/2". It has been in the house for some months- in fact a second piece is one of the pieces that I want to cut down.
I wizzed it through the planer. The dimensions that I am working to are not particularly critical. I noted in mickthetrees thread that his end pieces were not man enough. We exchanged a couple of PMs and so I have sized my ends at 2 1/2 x 16" and the side pieces at about 1 1/2" square. I then transferred to metric and did them at 710mm long to accommodate the 700mm blade. The sides, when the blade i tensioned will be in compression so size shouldn't matter much.
Next pic stock cut to length.
My plan is to use a bandsaw blade, but I have heard mixed reports. If it does not work then I thought that I would make it able to take one of the purpose designed blades from fine tools.
4 mortices to cut, so I thought I would try the 1910 morticer that I bought from ebay. I selected a chisel which was just under 1/2", quick swipe over the oil stone and away we go. I have a couple of action pic. The morticer cuts very easily- I went down to about an inch in depth. It seems to work bet with a very shallow row of small cuts to start, and i used a pig sticker to clear the waste. Care must be taken near to the end grain end- I did blow one out but you cant see it. I think it was just too much waste trapped in there. With the benefit of hindsight, a slightly larger tenon would have been better, but I don't think it will matter. I was impressed with the speed that the morticer allowed me to work. I don't know the textbook way of doing mortice and tenons, but with the mortices cut, I could then use them to set the tablesaw blade to height and did the first tenon.
Then nursery pickup interrupted proceedings.
Now for some thought before continuing. I didn't think about the tenon length so I think I may have to trim the sides to fit the 600mm blade rather than the 700mm. I haven't cut the tenons so nothing really lost.
I want to try out fuming this using ammonia as a trial for some other projects. I will put tru-oil over the top I think. Being oak, any fitting will have to be stainless, but what was used in the days of old that wouldn't discolour the oak.
I hope to find some time over the weekend to finish the tenons and hopefully the frame. Next week I had better get the bolts and fixings together. When it is glued up, I will have a look at shaping any parts that need it. I don't have much in the way of tools, so hopefully it will just want the hard edges knocking off with a hand plane.
