The weather has been nice and my son and I have been playing outside a lot. This tires him out and let’s me get a few things done when he rests. I have six plates cut, deblued, and toothed. I hope to start listing more frame saw kits next week, finish a joiners saw and start the handle on a panel saw.

My shop shop time lately has been a little sporadic until a week or so ago. We’ve had a lot of family related stuff going on, then Christmas, then a good bit of cold weather. My shop is heated but its still a little chilly when temps drop below freezing. So I admit I found other things to do for a while. But even on a good day I have sporadic time anyway depending on if my toddler wants to hang out with me in there or not. He has toys and tracks on the ground, a drawer with more toys, and he gets to dry erase on garage door and use markers on cardboard. He also has his own tools and “helps” me. I am even nice enough to put in his silly cartoons on the shop TV lol. He has his own little table to play or even sometimes eat at in there too. But even with all that fun stuff, we also play inside just as much.

Today was one of those fun days where we played in both shop and inside and good amounts. I have just about finished these two panel saws. I want to tweak a couple things and get the bolts fully flush. And of course sharpen them as well. With any luck I can get these finished in the morning before the kiddo wakes up.

Busy day getting some Thumbhole D8’s cleaned up, listed and sold.

With Thanksgiving week all done, I’m back in the garage. 4 frame saws, two panel saws and one unique tenon saw in the works.

I got a saw in to restore for a guy here in Texas. 8 inch toothline Richardson. Handle is in great shape but the plate and back came in a little rough. I’ll start setting and sharpening soon and I’ll get a better idea of the condition of the metal.

I was asked to make a couple of 22 inch panel saws. Up until now I’ve only made backsaws from scratch. Yesterday I started one using one of Blackburn’s templates. I was asked to make them in the Kenyon style.

A lot of boxes have been shipped this week. Saw kits, restored saws, kerfing saw plates, and frame saw plates WITH kits. Once I get a little feedback from my “testers / guinea pigs” lol, all volunteers, I will start selling frame saw plates with kits weekly. I’m still working on some little things to help the little stuff get more streamlined, but I’m very happy how they all turned out.

New saws to come will be full size saws. Up until now I’ve only made backsaws and I restored/repaired full size saws. But its been on my to-do list for a bit to make some and a few days ago I was approached with making panel saws. I will keep everyone posted on those.

Next week I should have my first sets of hardware sent out. Today I bought some more materials for pins and wear plates. Last couple of days I got more square tubing cut and slotted.

Steadily moving along. Sharpened three saws, sold a dovetail saw and I sold a D-8. Yesterday though, I did something cool for myself. My medium arm Dewalt GA radial arm saw cuts beautifully and I decided to attach the chain drive that came with it. A previous owner had it done and they lined everything up for nicely. It unfortunately takes a couple inches from the crosscut length. So my max is 22 inches.

I wanted to hook it all up and see how i liked it. It’s pretty smooth, I can still push and pull by hand or use the crank. So… I plan to add a spacer and extend the chain later on to get that full 24 inches back.

I’ve tackled the longer carrier and bar. That all worked out after some trial and error. Next was the kits. Cutting a slot for the plate isn’t hard but I wanted to be able to make consistent cuts that were straight AND the perfect size for the plates. First attempts were a mix. Too big, too small, blade heated up so the cut was uneven on a perfectlysized cut off wheel setup, ect. Today I finally got another bandsaw blade that has the perfect kerf! Test cuts done and new square tubing got slotted. Plate slips in without excessive movement.

Plus 4 new plates got toothed. A good busy day.