Crosscut saw, Disston 115. My filing bench, and some test cuts.
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Disston 115, perforated Lance tooth pattern. flicker forge Western handle.
modified work bench from a picture I saw online of an apartment sized woodworking bench. I misspoke in the video. it is a 9 ft length bench, I modified it from a 7 ft one to fit my needs.
Get an Anderson raker gauge, you will be happy with it. I prefer diesel to orange oil, especially in sappy pines.
I've been on the lookout on Ebay.. but I haven't seen one pop up for a bit now. I think it would improve my consistency with the angle on my rakers. And I'll try the diesel. The citrus degreaser I have is causing a little rust. It cleans well, but I think I'll keep it for cleaning only. WD-40 I like too. But balastol is good for storage purposes.
What is the issue with not getting noodles? Why is that undesirable?
So getting many noodles per stroke that are generally uniform and not "whiskered" indicates that your rakers are at an appropriate height/depth in comparison to the cutters for that general hardness of wood the saw is cutting. If there is just saw dust, it may indicate that the rakers are too short and not planing/clearing the wood from the kerf. May also be punky wood that isn't holding its shape. So I try different species and fresh vs. Older to test. If I set the rakers for a softwood like pine and try cutting oak, the rakers will not contact the kerf appropriately and won't clear the wood very well, and you get more of a saw dust. Vs. In pine, the rakers actually can pick up the wood in the kerf and lift it away to allow the saw to drop and progress the kerf through the log. The opposite would be true for rakers that are too long, whiskered noodles indicate the rakers are pulling up uncut wood fibers from the kerf and/or the saw will not run very smoothly and want to hang a bunch. Hope this generally explains the desire for "noodles" and the reason for paying some attention to them during use.
@@Jzelenko27 thanks. I’m a newb in an area with only hard woods. I have yet to get anything but saw dust. If I get noodles at all they are short and bind the saw. Seems that the saws are still cutting good with no noodles.
No worries! I'm still relatively new to it as well and there is always more to learn with these things haha Crosscut sawyer forum is good for information, or the saw filers group on Facebook. What kind of wood are you cutting and what depth are you setting your rakers to?