Japanese saws

[neepheid]

I would just like to take a moment to sing the praises of Japanese saws. The flush cutting I've been doing recently would have warranted this post alone, but last night I made my first nut blank out of a scrap of zebrano armed only with a Japanese saw, a digital vernier caliper and some sandpaper. The Japanese saw allowed me to cut a 1/4" piece out with some accuracy (+/- 0.3mm) and after some judicious sanding I reduced that to +/- 0.1mm. Oh, and I just did that in the spare room, holding the piece with my fingers. You try doing that with a common rip saw.

No idea what I'm talking about? Look here: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_saw"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_saw[/url]

Basically, if you have any need to do anything small scale and fiddly with wood, you NEED one of these saws. Once you get used to cutting on the pull stroke, you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.

What's the nut blank for? Never you mind! All will be revealed.

[BigRedX]

That's useful!

Where did you get yours from?

[neepheid]

I got mine from Axminster Power Tool Centre:

[url="http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Ice-Bear-Japanese-Kumagoro-Flushcut-Saw-364268.htm"]http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Ice-Bea...-Saw-364268.htm[/url]

Full range of Japanese tools here:

[url="http://www.axminster.co.uk/category-Japanese-Hand-Tools-207021.htm"]http://www.axminster.co.uk/category-Japane...ools-207021.htm[/url]

[BigRedX]

Thanks.

Maybe we should have a sticky of useful sources for tools?