12" and 14" saws coming soon
Bad Axe Tool Works- what more can I say? Simply put I find them to be the finest hand saws on the market today.
I own an 18″ rip saw and a 16″ cross cut that you know if you’re a regular here I use on…
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TechnoPrimitives Style
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new breed of hand saws on the market today and they’ve been completely blowing wood workers away. Do a quick search for Bad Axe Tool Works on Google and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
This post isn’t about…
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Working Wood
Last Sunday I was all set to cut out the scroll detail on the heritage door project so I went down into my shop, took out my bow saw and because I’m sawing a piece of 3/4″ white oak needed to change out the fine…
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Every Once in Awhile
Every once in awhile a new hand tool comes along and changes the way you work. Yes, that’s usually due to superior manufacturing and flawless attention to detail but every now and then someone steps things up a notch and not only brings the quality…
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aka ~ Bad Axe Tool works
Here’s another quick update from Mark at Technoprimitives. He recently sent me some new pics and an update on his back saws. I’ve been lucky to be able to correspond with him over this past year; to watch as he gears up to launch a…
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Saws, Bents and Benches
I recently had a question about the specs on the rip saw I was using in the Moulding plane/Miter blog from a few days ago. Instead of answering in the comment section I thought I’d do it here.
I have a few old Rip saws I’ve…
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Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
As a woodworker-day in and day out, working with a medium that is truly all things living, I have a hard time not thinking about our planet, our forests and our environment. Not to get all ‘Al Gore’ on you- but global warming, green house…
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A Division of TechnoPrimitives, LLC
If you’ve visited this site before then you’re already well aware of Mark Harrell, better known as- Technoprimitives.com
I first heard of Mark last year and soon after sent him a nest of old saws needing to be sharpened and restored…my story like so many others…
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Careful what you wish for ?
In my wood shop using only hand tools to build furniture, back saws are without a doubt one of the most important and most frequently used tool than any other outside of perhaps hand planes.
Today we have the luxury of purchasing pre-dimensioned, quality lumber for…
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The Bow Saw Approach
This post was inspired by Chris Schwarz’ blog this morning dealing with the plus and minus’ of using a Fret saw or a Coping saw for removing the waste between dovetails.
I too have struggled with the thicker blade of the coping saw and the seemingly…
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