1/6/2015
I had the pleasure of finishing this Tom Fidgen inspired frame saw over the weekend. If you missed the first two posts in this series, click these links:
I treated the Kershout with Tung Oil followed by a coat of Woodoc.
One last foto pre-assembly.
My righthand man Connor (my son’s best mate) had the honour of first handling the assembled saw. As you can see it came out pretty nice. Kershout is really one of the most beautiful wood species from this part of the world.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to weigh it yet, but will post the weight as soon as I have it. However it felt reasonable during a test cut, but I will have to report on how it feels after a few heavy re-sawing cuts. Before I can do that I need to build a kerfing plane. I have an idea which departs significantly from Tom Fidgen’s model, but you will have to wait with me to see if it works, otherwise we will revert to his version.