Great video and good luck on your channel !!. I have a few new Japanese saw blades, you have encouraged me to make a handle, Thanks. Hello from Canada !
A fine looking, much improved handle - congrats Will. I like how you tapped the wood and made the blade removable. White oak? What blade was that? You have many blades, enough to last your lifetime it seems...
Thank you. I used red oak. The blade was an Okada rip blade. It’s the best rip saw I ever had bar none. I have gone thru 3 crosscut 265 already. I recently sharpened my Veritas dovetail saw and it was a joy to use.
@@willshomeworkshop9386 makes sense, I use FLux, and it makes my screen go orange at night so I was giving the benefit of the doubt regarding the colour oak. I just relooked at Okada online, no deals to be had. I'd love to have a rip blade. The 265 I got is great at certain things but miserable at others. I still like it, and will keep it for all kinds of "rougher" jobs. How did you go through 3 Crosscuts so quickly? I can only imagine a Veritas saw being awesome. After seeing Lee Vallyes prices for a scrub plane, I made my own yesterday from a Harbour Freight 33 Windsor I bought as my first plane in 2017 when travelling through the States. Looked good, didnt realise it was such garbage. Managed to finally get the newly convexed iron to shave hair yesterday so will try it out on some wood tomorrow.
@@LitoGeorge I’ve been using the z saw for a long time. My first one came from Lee Valley and the handle was the green one (rubber/plastic). It finally broke and I make a wood handle using the metal connector I got from it. I used it for both crosscuts and rip cuts. I only got the okada rip blade a couple of years ago. I cut all my wood by hand hence that many blades. It’s my exercise.
@@willshomeworkshop9386 GOOD! Best 7$ you spent in the last few years, I'll bet. You'll love it. I thought it was awesome at $10. So, I have now bought 3, one today at this insane price. Gonna send one to Oz, to get a friend into it. Thinner and lighter than a pancake, so the postage will be minimal. BTW, I got my hydro bill yesterday. $63 for two months. Lowering the temp to 17degC is awesome.
Great video and good luck on your channel !!. I have a few new Japanese saw blades, you have encouraged me to make a handle, Thanks. Hello from Canada !
You’re welcome. I love spreading the knowledge. Canadian here too!
A fine looking, much improved handle - congrats Will. I like how you tapped the wood and made the blade removable. White oak? What blade was that? You have many blades, enough to last your lifetime it seems...
Thank you. I used red oak. The blade was an Okada rip blade. It’s the best rip saw I ever had bar none. I have gone thru 3 crosscut 265 already. I recently sharpened my Veritas dovetail saw and it was a joy to use.
@@willshomeworkshop9386 makes sense, I use FLux, and it makes my screen go orange at night so I was giving the benefit of the doubt regarding the colour oak. I just relooked at Okada online, no deals to be had. I'd love to have a rip blade. The 265 I got is great at certain things but miserable at others. I still like it, and will keep it for all kinds of "rougher" jobs. How did you go through 3 Crosscuts so quickly? I can only imagine a Veritas saw being awesome. After seeing Lee Vallyes prices for a scrub plane, I made my own yesterday from a Harbour Freight 33 Windsor I bought as my first plane in 2017 when travelling through the States. Looked good, didnt realise it was such garbage. Managed to finally get the newly convexed iron to shave hair yesterday so will try it out on some wood tomorrow.
@@LitoGeorge I’ve been using the z saw for a long time. My first one came from Lee Valley and the handle was the green one (rubber/plastic). It finally broke and I make a wood handle using the metal connector I got from it. I used it for both crosscuts and rip cuts. I only got the okada rip blade a couple of years ago. I cut all my wood by hand hence that many blades. It’s my exercise.
@@LitoGeorge I finally caved on the flush cut saw blade. The discount was $5.00 bringing the price down to $7.34.
@@willshomeworkshop9386 GOOD! Best 7$ you spent in the last few years, I'll bet. You'll love it. I thought it was awesome at $10. So, I have now bought 3, one today at this insane price. Gonna send one to Oz, to get a friend into it. Thinner and lighter than a pancake, so the postage will be minimal. BTW, I got my hydro bill yesterday. $63 for two months. Lowering the temp to 17degC is awesome.