Albion
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Greetings. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone. Thought I ought to check back into this site (things have certainly changed). I signed up just over a year ago, but have not been active. Let's just say, this past year has been a rough one for me and I have just not had the motivation to do all the things I usually enjoyed doing. But that's all behind me now, and I'm starting to get back into the swing of things, so I thought I'd share my latest woodworking project, a take-down bucksaw.
I constructed it out of a piece of Ash branch that was felled last year in our garden, split into staves and then hewn to shape with the aid of my small forest axe and hatchet. Besides chiselling and sawing out the mortice and tennon joints, and some tidying up with a knife, probably 80% of the woodworking was done by axe, which has become one of my favourite woodworking tools by far.
Cutting out the mortice and tennons. I deliberately made this joint quite loose to allow for some movement when tensioning.
Starting to take shape.
And she's all done. I didn't sand or anything, just rounded off the edges and smoothed any rough bits with a knife, then finished with a few coats of raw linseed oil.
I cut another small mortice in the cross piece where the tensioning stick can sit neatly in place. I have yet to see anyone else do this, but I can tell you it works fine.
Well I hope you like it. This was a fun project and I can tell it's going to be a really useful addition out on the trails.
I constructed it out of a piece of Ash branch that was felled last year in our garden, split into staves and then hewn to shape with the aid of my small forest axe and hatchet. Besides chiselling and sawing out the mortice and tennon joints, and some tidying up with a knife, probably 80% of the woodworking was done by axe, which has become one of my favourite woodworking tools by far.
Cutting out the mortice and tennons. I deliberately made this joint quite loose to allow for some movement when tensioning.
Starting to take shape.
And she's all done. I didn't sand or anything, just rounded off the edges and smoothed any rough bits with a knife, then finished with a few coats of raw linseed oil.
I cut another small mortice in the cross piece where the tensioning stick can sit neatly in place. I have yet to see anyone else do this, but I can tell you it works fine.
Well I hope you like it. This was a fun project and I can tell it's going to be a really useful addition out on the trails.
