Jim in Oakville
Member
Hi All,
Yesterday (Sunday) I attended a class given by Chris Schwarz on hand sawing. It was given at the Woodcraft store in Sterling Heights Michigan. I drove down to the class with a good friend of mine, Steve Evans.
Chris is a very good presenter, teacher and humorist. As many of us know he has a passion for the history and accurate interpretation of hand tools, their provenance and usage over time.
Chris gave a very comprehensive talk on types of saws, their classifications, tooth geometry and characteristics. He also gave a great talk on the advantages of configurations of tooth geometry within a variety of cross cut and rip saws.
The practical exercise of the class was to build a saw bench out of tropical southern pine, well for Canadians southern pine is an exotic wood. Chris began with us sawing on some scrap wood and working through a variety of sawing techniques, finally finding the one that proved to be a combination of good stance, controlled motion and relaxed grip.
Chris wielding his Wenzloff Kenyon tenon saw!
Chris making a Class 1 cut with his Sash back saw
Chris face planning a half lap with a router plane
Shooting shoulders…
Through out the class we worked in a series of steps that were spaced with instructional breaks as we worked on details of the project.
Steve making a Class 2 cut!
Steve and I both had a compliment of Medallion saws made by a friend (Ed) who lives in Oakville. Ed’s saws were great, a definite fit for the Canadian Back Bencher’s (Chris named Steve and I that as we were on the back bench).
Steve and I must have been separated at birth, look at our bench organization skills!
We had a great day, lot’s of learning, great classmates and we all enjoyed Chris’s teaching.
Sawing wood by hand is really a combination of skills and selected tools, I have a new appreciation for the process and plan on developing it more as time goes on..
Thanks Steve, it was Good Flying with you in the Right seat.
Yesterday (Sunday) I attended a class given by Chris Schwarz on hand sawing. It was given at the Woodcraft store in Sterling Heights Michigan. I drove down to the class with a good friend of mine, Steve Evans.
Chris is a very good presenter, teacher and humorist. As many of us know he has a passion for the history and accurate interpretation of hand tools, their provenance and usage over time.
Chris gave a very comprehensive talk on types of saws, their classifications, tooth geometry and characteristics. He also gave a great talk on the advantages of configurations of tooth geometry within a variety of cross cut and rip saws.
The practical exercise of the class was to build a saw bench out of tropical southern pine, well for Canadians southern pine is an exotic wood. Chris began with us sawing on some scrap wood and working through a variety of sawing techniques, finally finding the one that proved to be a combination of good stance, controlled motion and relaxed grip.
Chris wielding his Wenzloff Kenyon tenon saw!
Chris making a Class 1 cut with his Sash back saw
Chris face planning a half lap with a router plane
Shooting shoulders…
Through out the class we worked in a series of steps that were spaced with instructional breaks as we worked on details of the project.
Steve making a Class 2 cut!
Steve and I both had a compliment of Medallion saws made by a friend (Ed) who lives in Oakville. Ed’s saws were great, a definite fit for the Canadian Back Bencher’s (Chris named Steve and I that as we were on the back bench).
Steve and I must have been separated at birth, look at our bench organization skills!
We had a great day, lot’s of learning, great classmates and we all enjoyed Chris’s teaching.
Sawing wood by hand is really a combination of skills and selected tools, I have a new appreciation for the process and plan on developing it more as time goes on..
Thanks Steve, it was Good Flying with you in the Right seat.
