I was working on the tea trays that I was commissioned to work on for Christmas, as you can see from those posts on Dec 5 marked Tea Trays and I had to do them by hand with a hand saw.
Looking back on that now, I realized that I was mad, mad, mad to do them by hand as it nearly killed my recently surgically repaired shoulder.
But alas I had no alternative at the time to cut the timber slabs down thin enough from the original thickness.
See the timber was the off cut of the barn door on the vanity. (see Oct blog)
And to get it thin enough to be able to be carried it had to be cut in half - length wise (in timber terms - resaw).
After surviving that, I swore (so many naughty words) but also that I would not do that again and that there had to be a better way.
Google comes to the rescue again.
It's called a Frame Saw and it's a method used since apparently the 1380's though there is a picture in a manuscript showing Jesus with his father Joseph at work in his workshop sawing a plank with a fixed frame saw.
So I decided that instead of paying approximately $350-400 for one, that I could make one version of it myself.
And that's what I did.
It actually turned out better than I expected, lol.
I thought I would have some bent, twisted and awkward piece of kindling but it is straight, light yet sturdy and comfortable.
So I look forward to doing my next resaw of a timber piece too big for my bandsaw now.
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