I prefer to have things that look very modest but the work that I can produce with it is top notch. Having things that look too fine only tends to produce envy.
I made a new handle for an old backsaw blade, about three weeks ago, pretty much the same way you did, here. (although I didn't need to drill the screw holes in the plate, since I was replacing an old, broken handle. It really was a very satisfying project!
Thanks for the $700 clarification. I was about to mention that you can get a BadAxe saw for around $300, so 700 was pretty optimistic. Nice work! Glad the saw can be sharpened. Many new saws sold now have hardened teeth. Can't sharpen them.
Thanks for sharing! I gave it a try, messed up my first attempt trying to fit the brass back since my chisel was too big. I gave it another try after making a small chisel out of an old drill bit and got it to fit better. Shaping and sanding took a really long time but now that I'm done, I'm really happy with it. I've been carrying it around with me too 😁 but I haven't attached the saw plate yet since I don't think my wife would be too happy with that since we have young children. Thanks again!
The HandToolery thanks! It's ok about the mishap. It's like you said, cut the slot before you invest too much time in it. I had some time invested in it since I milled the wood from some firewood for a firewood challenge but it would have been a lot worse if I messed up after all the shaping and sanding. Thanks again!
Nice build. I especially liked your providing the index to go to the end. I waste a ton of time on videos and then find the final product 'not for me'. Great vid and build. I'm going to give this one a try!
Beautiful handle - and hopefully the blade is up to the task. You never know until you start from scratch, new teeth, new set, etc. Paul Sellers has a great series on doing that. If not, now you know how to make a killer handle.
Great job Andrew. I have an old gent's saw that has been lying around unused for many years. Like you, I never really liked the feel of the pad-style handle and had always had it in the back of my mind to make and fit a pistol grip handle. You have given me the inspiration, many thanks.
Beautiful job Andrew, I've been using Japanese saws for my dovetails and while I love mine, what you just made is giving me all kinds of "maybe back to western". Like you, I would just want to hold it every time I saw it. Cheers ...
I'm impressed how straight your kerf turned out, even more so since you cut it freehand and without a handle. I've ruined quite a couple of saw handles at that point. Good job!
Nice job, I did the same thing a few years ago with what looked to be the same saw lol. It did ok but when I got a nice brass back saw it was so much better. The heavier spine sure does make a difference.
You did a beautiful job on that handle. Amazingly, you did it left handed. WOW. (LOL - I'm a left handed brother, and only another left handed person would pick up on that!) Nice left handed saw!
I was watching it and said to myself, " That's odd, he is holding the saw all wrong." Then I saw later in the video he was cutting it left-handed. Great video!
Hi Andrew, great work mate, and thanks a million for the link to the plans. I made a replacement handle for an old Disston rip saw that was left to me and just copied the original, what was left of it, and did the rest by guesswork. These plans make it so simple. Thnaks again and enjoyed the vid immensely. BR Derek
I bought a Stanley miter saw at a church garage sale for $3.00 and made a neat walnut handle for it. Am using it now to cut the mortise and tenons for my roubo workbench that is in current production.
I must say made a fantastic job of it. I think I must be in a tiny minority, but I like the gent's saw. It might possibly be because I was a chef by trade and it’s the way I’m used to cutting things. A great video, very well done indeed.
Outstanding work!! I've got a couple inexpensive saws with plastic handles one I bought and one was my dad's..both qualify as vintage though. And I want to do this with both! Thanks for the experience you share 😊
Well I made the pistol grip handle, 2 problems that I had that I didn't notice in your video that you might address if you update your video. 1. Shorten, sharpen, and reset teeth before cutting slot for saw plate. 2. I believe I have the very same Deer brand gent saw but I had one heck of a hard time drilling the holes for the screws. I drilled 1/16 hole through the handle put the plate in and couldn't drill through it. Broke 2 drill bits and dulled a third. Tooke the plate out drilled handle out to 1/8 put plate in and drilled through with 1/8 carbide drill. Holes opened up with high speed bits after that. Saw worked nice and I'm happy with handle, I might have to add a little more set to my teeth though.
I just found your Channel. I watched a couple of videos and I like the fact that you use a lot of hand tools in crafting your products. And the results are fantastic. So I subscribed to your Channel. Looking forward to the next project.
Thanks! Glad I could help solve a problem. A friendly reminder that practice makes perfect. Dovetails get much easier after doing them just a few times. Cheers!
Well, this is certainly serendipitous. I just ordered the same saw a three/four weeks ago from Woodcraft, but it came with two differences; 1., it has a hole with which to hang it at the toe and 2., for some strange reason, it cuts on the pull stroke ala Japanese style saws and not a western style push stroke. I've already pulled and reversed the blade's direction in the spine. The reason I bought it was to recut the teeth in a Rip pattern instead of the typical Crosscut pattern, reducing them in number by half (and making them bigger in the process) as per an article by Mario Rodriguez in an old FineWoodworking magazine I have. I'll do the teeth first, see how that works out and then, if all goes well, do the handle. If that works out, I have an 8" E. Garlick & Son "Lynx Brand" gent's saw that looks otherwise identical to their traditionally handled dovetail saw that I'll do the same to next. [Addendum: The link to Blackburn tools is "Just what the doctor ordered". (Since I used to be the Guitar Doctor at Stars Guitars in San Francisco (I made "house calls" to concerts and recording studios), I actually mean it. Thanks.]
Hey! Great timing indeed! How cool you did guitar repair. Yeah, I’d say I prefer this traditional style over a gents but some people don’t. Whatever works for the user I say! Anyway that is very strange about the saw you bought. I hope you get everything tuned up and working great. Cheers!
@@TheHandToolery, "I'm 'Woikin' on. it", as the Three Stooges" might have put it. I do presume you replaced the round head bolts and hex nuts with the proper hardware from Blackburn. When you get the bug to do another one (and you know you will) I have two quick suggestions; 1., Find a saw with little to no set in the teeth that has a kerf no wider than the saw plate of the one you're making a handle for, Japanese flush cutting saw, or a hobby saw, whatever. Mark your handle for the cut then lay it flat on the bench and then block up the saw your going to cut the grove with up to the hight of the intended saw kerf, hold the cutting saw horizontal and steady on the material you're using to block it up with, then just move the handle blank back and forth until the slot is done. Much easier to get a straight cut and have it centered where you want it. I think Paul Sellers has a video on it. 2., I hope your insurance agent never sees this video because pulling edged tools like your chisels toward you like that can drastically and suddenly change your air intake. Be safe.
Definitely worth a try! Mine works really well, with the only exception being that I messed up the saw plate a little when mounting it. Still, results are spot on!
A thumbs up and a subscribe from me for the originality I like this out of the box thinking. Seeing a big value when others see just ordinary it is really nice and that thing came out amazing! Thanks for sharing
There's something about making one's own tools. When I use my saw or my planes I've made, it always pops into my mind how crazy it is that this thing I made is now making something else. This was surely the most normal of processes in times past, but now, we are so distanced from the manufacturing of things that it is hard to imagine at times. Maybe that's why this is so rewarding to make you own handles or jigs or tools. Cheers!
Great build, I was wondering if it was just the handle that affected the cut as first cuts seemed nice & crisp. But you sharpened & re-sent teeth too, so whole saw rebuild
Definitely redoing the teeth made a huge difference. I prefer this style of saw handle over a gents saw, but I suspect that doing the teeth only might be a good place to start if you don’t want to go the route of what I do here.
I think you have a key in one of your bandsaw wheels that has partially slid out of it's keyway and is hitting on some of the cast iron webbing of the saw frame. Beautiful job by the way.
Nice job. Cheaper saws are notorious for very wide kerf sets and poorly sharpened teeth. As you will notice this make the cut both jumpy and inaccurate for something like a dovetail. I recommend resetting 006" wider than plate (.003" each side) and a quick float and resharpen. You will find the accuracy of the cut vastly improved to match that great looking handle! Lee Valley has good sets at a reasonable price.
Andrew Milacci . Bom dia. Isaac já chegou?😍. Estamos aguardando ansiosos a sua chegada. Como Joice está? Deus abençoe a família de vocês. Aguardo ansiosa a resposta.
Wow, a compliment from Stavros Gakos, dating back a bit. This is somehow like a young Michaelangelo, or maybe Leonardo of Vinci calling to say "Atta boy!"
Saw nuts? Is that what they're called? Anyway they're usually slot-head bolts that go into nuts that sit flush with the handle, usually having a square shank like a carriage bolt on the nut section. They will show off your excellent work without detracting. Keep it up, man, you're on a good path. Peace.
I'm humbled. Inspired job. You reminded me not to limit yourself based on the tools you don't have.
It was a pleasure to see you at work. Your pleasure in the course of this is really contagious.
I prefer to have things that look very modest but the work that I can produce with it is top notch. Having things that look too fine only tends to produce envy.
Great job and you'll have that feeling of satisfaction every time you pick it up
Spotted your original problem right away, left-handed…great job. Darlington ,South Carolina
You created a work of art. You'll have great joy every time you use the saw. Congratulations
I made a new handle for an old backsaw blade, about three weeks ago, pretty much the same way you did, here. (although I didn't need to drill the screw holes in the plate, since I was replacing an old, broken handle. It really was a very satisfying project!
Nice!! It’s so satisfying to put an old tool back to good use.
Thanks for the $700 clarification. I was about to mention that you can get a BadAxe saw for around $300, so 700 was pretty optimistic. Nice work! Glad the saw can be sharpened. Many new saws sold now have hardened teeth. Can't sharpen them.
Great job. This is an excellent idea!
Good job, gonna do one now, too! I’m finally ready to really DO it; thanks for the inspiration.
it turned out very nice indeed.
you inspired me to make my own wooden handle for my cheap saw
Thanks!! Hope yours goes well
Thanks for sharing! I gave it a try, messed up my first attempt trying to fit the brass back since my chisel was too big. I gave it another try after making a small chisel out of an old drill bit and got it to fit better. Shaping and sanding took a really long time but now that I'm done, I'm really happy with it. I've been carrying it around with me too 😁 but I haven't attached the saw plate yet since I don't think my wife would be too happy with that since we have young children. Thanks again!
The HandToolery thanks! It's ok about the mishap. It's like you said, cut the slot before you invest too much time in it. I had some time invested in it since I milled the wood from some firewood for a firewood challenge but it would have been a lot worse if I messed up after all the shaping and sanding. Thanks again!
Nice build. I especially liked your providing the index to go to the end. I waste a ton of time on videos and then find the final product 'not for me'. Great vid and build. I'm going to give this one a try!
I just purchased 75 different types of blades from auction and will be trying to make some for my friends as gifts. Thanks for the information.
Really cool! Your friends are very lucky and you are very generous :)
Beautiful handle - and hopefully the blade is up to the task. You never know until you start from scratch, new teeth, new set, etc. Paul Sellers has a great series on doing that. If not, now you know how to make a killer handle.
Fantastic job. You are on your way to becoming a master craftsman. Well done
I like what you did with the handle! Semper Fi
Thank you!
Tyler, I have watched this a lot. I like making my own tools also. Kudos man.
When I am doing shaping with sandpaper like you are at 14:10, I back the strip of sandpaper with duct tape. Then it does not tear.
Great idea!
Great tip thanks.
Nice walnut, such a majestic wood.
I agree!!
Great job Andrew. I have an old gent's saw that has been lying around unused for many years. Like you, I never really liked the feel of the pad-style handle and had always had it in the back of my mind to make and fit a pistol grip handle. You have given me the inspiration, many thanks.
Great job. Now you have your Western saw. Awesome!!!
Yes! I’ve gotten a ton of mileage out of it!
Very nice work! I was impressed the most with your freehand chisel work..
Thanks! Was a bit nerve wracking but love the resultS
I love your ambitious quid pro quo attitude, thank U Andrew for sharing.
That turned out great, love the video
Great result 👍👊
Beautifully done man . That walnut handle is da bomb.
Thank you!!!
Beautiful job Andrew, I've been using Japanese saws for my dovetails and while I love mine, what you just made is giving me all kinds of "maybe back to western". Like you, I would just want to hold it every time I saw it. Cheers ...
I'm impressed how straight your kerf turned out, even more so since you cut it freehand and without a handle. I've ruined quite a couple of saw handles at that point. Good job!
very nicely done. I too have one of those gents saws and don't care too much for the straight handle.
Absolutely great job on the saw handle !!
Thank you!
Nice job, I did the same thing a few years ago with what looked to be the same saw lol. It did ok but when I got a nice brass back saw it was so much better. The heavier spine sure does make a difference.
thanks for the contribution greetings from Mexico
You did a beautiful job on that handle. Amazingly, you did it left handed. WOW. (LOL - I'm a left handed brother, and only another left handed person would pick up on that!) Nice left handed saw!
Thanks!! I always spot other lefties! I love this saw for sure, too!
I was watching it and said to myself, " That's odd, he is holding the saw all wrong." Then I saw later in the video he was cutting it left-handed.
Great video!
Hi Andrew, great work mate, and thanks a million for the link to the plans. I made a replacement handle for an old Disston rip saw that was left to me and just copied the original, what was left of it, and did the rest by guesswork. These plans make it so simple. Thnaks again and enjoyed the vid immensely. BR Derek
Awesome! Please make more of these “make hand tools” videos!
I have a playlist, but yeah, I need to do more!
I bought a Stanley miter saw at a church garage sale for $3.00 and made a neat walnut handle for it. Am using it now to cut the mortise and tenons for my roubo workbench that is in current production.
I must say made a fantastic job of it. I think I must be in a tiny minority, but I like the gent's saw. It might possibly be because I was a chef by trade and it’s the way I’m used to cutting things.
A great video, very well done indeed.
Thank you! That makes perfect sense. My knife skills in the kitchen are meh, so perhaps that is why :)
Outstanding work!! I've got a couple inexpensive saws with plastic handles one I bought and one was my dad's..both qualify as vintage though. And I want to do this with both! Thanks for the experience you share 😊
Thank you! Give it a try for sure :)
Great! I will rebuild for my robbery bank. Thank you for video
Great job! I've got one in the garage just waiting for this. Also, Vamos United!
Well done, great result!
You did an outstanding job on the project and video. Greatly appreciate the simplicity of your instructions. Thanks
Thank you! I’m so glad to hear. Hope your own daw turns out great ;)
Well I made the pistol grip handle, 2 problems that I had that I didn't notice in your video that you might address if you update your video. 1. Shorten, sharpen, and reset teeth before cutting slot for saw plate. 2. I believe I have the very same Deer brand gent saw but I had one heck of a hard time drilling the holes for the screws. I drilled 1/16 hole through the handle put the plate in and couldn't drill through it. Broke 2 drill bits and dulled a third. Tooke the plate out drilled handle out to 1/8 put plate in and drilled through with 1/8 carbide drill. Holes opened up with high speed bits after that. Saw worked nice and I'm happy with handle, I might have to add a little more set to my teeth though.
Nice Job came out great.
I just found your Channel. I watched a couple of videos and I like the fact that you use a lot of hand tools in crafting your products. And the results are fantastic. So I subscribed to your Channel. Looking forward to the next project.
Sucha good idea! I was literally thinking I need a dovetail saw but didn't want to spend a tone of money on something I'm not good at :)
Thanks! Glad I could help solve a problem. A friendly reminder that practice makes perfect. Dovetails get much easier after doing them just a few times. Cheers!
Well, this is certainly serendipitous. I just ordered the same saw a three/four weeks ago from Woodcraft, but it came with two differences; 1., it has a hole with which to hang it at the toe and 2., for some strange reason, it cuts on the pull stroke ala Japanese style saws and not a western style push stroke. I've already pulled and reversed the blade's direction in the spine. The reason I bought it was to recut the teeth in a Rip pattern instead of the typical Crosscut pattern, reducing them in number by half (and making them bigger in the process) as per an article by Mario Rodriguez in an old FineWoodworking magazine I have. I'll do the teeth first, see how that works out and then, if all goes well, do the handle. If that works out, I have an 8" E. Garlick & Son "Lynx Brand" gent's saw that looks otherwise identical to their traditionally handled dovetail saw that I'll do the same to next.
[Addendum: The link to Blackburn tools is "Just what the doctor ordered". (Since I used to be the Guitar Doctor at Stars Guitars in San Francisco (I made "house calls" to concerts and recording studios), I actually mean it. Thanks.]
Hey! Great timing indeed! How cool you did guitar repair. Yeah, I’d say I prefer this traditional style over a gents but some people don’t. Whatever works for the user I say! Anyway that is very strange about the saw you bought. I hope you get everything tuned up and working great. Cheers!
@@TheHandToolery, "I'm 'Woikin' on. it", as the Three Stooges" might have put it. I do presume you replaced the round head bolts and hex nuts with the proper hardware from Blackburn. When you get the bug to do another one (and you know you will) I have two quick suggestions; 1., Find a saw with little to no set in the teeth that has a kerf no wider than the saw plate of the one you're making a handle for, Japanese flush cutting saw, or a hobby saw, whatever. Mark your handle for the cut then lay it flat on the bench and then block up the saw your going to cut the grove with up to the hight of the intended saw kerf, hold the cutting saw horizontal and steady on the material you're using to block it up with, then just move the handle blank back and forth until the slot is done. Much easier to get a straight cut and have it centered where you want it. I think Paul Sellers has a video on it. 2., I hope your insurance agent never sees this video because pulling edged tools like your chisels toward you like that can drastically and suddenly change your air intake. Be safe.
Another Left Handed woodworking youtuber... good work ! Left thumb up!
Good Job! And it's beautiful, too.
Nice Job! congrats
Nice! Good job, it ended quite pretty.
Thank you!!
2 thumbs up!! This is the exact same thing I want to do to my Craftsman dovetail saw. Thanks for posting, this will really help!
Man, I'm in exactly the same place with a similar Crown dovetail saw. Great inspiration from this video. Thanks.
Glad to hear! Hope it went well!
Wow. Excellent job. Inspired me to do the same. You got yourself a new subscriber.
Aw man, why are you doing this to me? Now I need to make one for myself!
Looks like a fun project, you can buy saw plate from lie Nielsen
I didn’t know that! It’s good to know though. Thank you!
Great work mate. Deserves more views. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!!
A great idea you have here and a job well done
Thank you!
Beautiful work. By the way ,I like that workbench 😁
Wow that came out sweet.
Nice!
Wow. What a great idea. Well done, I'm really glad I found this channel. Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you!
treebangham Yup, me, too!
Congratulations nice job! I love to rediscover tools that I haven’t used much!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱
Thanks!! Me too!
Well done lad!
WOW! I'm really impressed! You do some good work!
Great job! That's quality work. I enjoyed the video.
Man that looks great! You did a great job!
at 5:50 I bet you thought "I cut that handle off too early".
my thoughts exactly....
You've just inspired me on a nice afternoon project, Thanks!!
Beautifully Built Bench too!
Awesome project! Great job! Thank you.
Great job sir, i love your idea.
Excellent transformation , a little funny the original shape and design is actually my preferred
Thank you! I definitely like it better now!
Nice. Suggestion: Use Chicago bolts. It more attractive than machine screws and nuts.
Thank you. I bought the same saw and have trouble that I blame on the straight handle, I'm going to try to make that pistol grip that you made.
Definitely worth a try! Mine works really well, with the only exception being that I messed up the saw plate a little when mounting it. Still, results are spot on!
A thumbs up and a subscribe from me for the originality
I like this out of the box thinking. Seeing a big value when others see just ordinary it is really nice and that thing came out amazing! Thanks for sharing
Thank you! I am a huge fan of out of the box thinking videos and I’m glad you enjoyed my video! Take care!
Very nice project. Just fyi, the brand is Hirsch. It's a German brand that makes carving chisels, saws, drawknives etc.
That is a sweet handle. I think I may try this
You definitely should! A few hours’ work and it’s a completely different saw.
I have been looking at dovetail saws and tenon saws trying to figure the best to buy. I like this idea a lot. Created an heirloom
Dude! I hadn't seen your reply--no notification, weird. Congrats! I really do cherish my saw now.
There's something about making one's own tools. When I use my saw or my planes I've made, it always pops into my mind how crazy it is that this thing I made is now making something else. This was surely the most normal of processes in times past, but now, we are so distanced from the manufacturing of things that it is hard to imagine at times. Maybe that's why this is so rewarding to make you own handles or jigs or tools. Cheers!
Nice saw. Next time might want to do the holes one at a time in case of slippage. Don't ask how I know.
Killer looking handle!
Thanks!!
Great build, I was wondering if it was just the handle that affected the cut as first cuts seemed nice & crisp. But you sharpened & re-sent teeth too, so whole saw rebuild
Definitely redoing the teeth made a huge difference. I prefer this style of saw handle over a gents saw, but I suspect that doing the teeth only might be a good place to start if you don’t want to go the route of what I do here.
I think you have a key in one of your bandsaw wheels that has partially slid out of it's keyway and is hitting on some of the cast iron webbing of the saw frame.
Beautiful job by the way.
Very nice!👍
Thanks!
beautiful job
Thank you!!
Impressive! Thanks for the inspiration!
meu pai era marceneiro e carpinteiro. Gosto de vê- lo trabalhando ...me lembro dele. Vc é muito talentoso!
Nothing better than doing it yourself. I think I do not have any saw left that has not modified :) Oh yes, there is still one ...
Nice job, man
Nice job. Cheaper saws are notorious for very wide kerf sets and poorly sharpened teeth. As you will notice this make the cut both jumpy and inaccurate for something like a dovetail. I recommend resetting 006" wider than plate (.003" each side) and a quick float and resharpen. You will find the accuracy of the cut vastly improved to match that great looking handle! Lee Valley has good sets at a reasonable price.
Hi there from Portugal,
Very nice saw it turn out :D
Obrigado(Thanks)
Andrew Milacci Glad you like it: D
Andrew Milacci . Bom dia. Isaac já chegou?😍. Estamos aguardando ansiosos a sua chegada. Como Joice está? Deus abençoe a família de vocês. Aguardo ansiosa a resposta.
Andrew Milacci você é muito talentoso. Parabéns,Deus abençoe o trabalho de suas mãos e sua família
I didn't know Johnny Depp was a wood worker. Sweet saw.
que massa, parabéns . vc e a Joice são um casal fantástico. Deus continue abençoando vcs. Amém
Great video. Thanks!
Gr8 job buddy..best regards Frankie G. York England
Andrew Milacci Thanks for the heads up..didn't know they were playing, I've sort of lost interest when Italy lost to Spain on Saturday..boohoo!
Incrível Andrew, ficou muito bonito a alça do serrote. Vou mostrar teus vídeos para meu esposo.... ele adora trabalhar com madeira também.
Ingenious!
Thank you!!
i love that shape of handles! great job
Wow, a compliment from Stavros Gakos, dating back a bit. This is somehow like a young Michaelangelo, or maybe Leonardo of Vinci calling to say "Atta boy!"
Saw nuts? Is that what they're called? Anyway they're usually slot-head bolts that go into nuts that sit flush with the handle, usually having a square shank like a carriage bolt on the nut section. They will show off your excellent work without detracting. Keep it up, man, you're on a good path. Peace.
Thanks for the kind words!
great job my friend
Thank you!
Olá! Passando pra desejar toda a felicidade do mundo pra vocês! Deus abençoe Isac e toda a família!