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Title: splices by hand
Post by: NTD on August 14, 2010, 01:48:05 pm

My little craftsman 9" has crapped out on me.  Has anyone cut splices with a handsaw?  Any tips on how you did it cleanly?  Any specific handsaw better to use than another?  What I wouldn't do for a nice 14" right now...dang...

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: bcbull on August 14, 2010, 01:54:33 pm

ck ur back issues of  p a  marc stlouis  wrote a artrcal about doin them by hand   brock

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: NTD on August 14, 2010, 01:58:35 pm

Thanks, I've got a bunch of back issues but not that one.  If I bought all of them I'd be halfway to a new bandsaw  ;)

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: Pat B on August 14, 2010, 02:21:00 pm

Nate, it can be done. Any good hand saw or back saw should work fine if you take your time. If for some reason the cuts don't match up well, boil the splices and clamp them together until they dry. This will make them fit better at glue up time.

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: NTD on August 14, 2010, 02:44:40 pm

Thanks Pat. 

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: walkabout on August 14, 2010, 03:18:54 pm

if youve got a heavy spined hand mitre saw i suggest using that, it helps with control a bit better. you can also build a simple jig to help guide as you cut.

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: Marc St Louis on August 14, 2010, 06:00:52 pm

A hacksaw with an 18 tpi blade works well.

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: NTD on August 14, 2010, 06:26:00 pm

Thanks Marc!

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 14, 2010, 06:30:46 pm

Seen it done with a mitre saw before, they were made for precision cuts.

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: JW_Halverson on August 14, 2010, 07:55:09 pm

Hey NTD, bring those billets on over and use mine!  For a coupla snakeskins you can cut all the billets you like! 

Title: splices
Post by: NTD on August 14, 2010, 08:23:45 pm

I'd like to see that Justin, my lil miter handsaw and jig is pretty useless.

JW, if ya weren't so far away I'd take you up on it ;D  It's lonely out here in the desert, closet bowyer that I know is over 100 miles away.

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: JW_Halverson on August 14, 2010, 08:38:18 pm

NTD, did I mention I work in a liquor store?  When you got all your splices cut we can open a nice bottle of scotch or whatever your poison may be. 

 >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D

Ok, now I am just being mean to tease like that.  Guess I'll have to finish that 16 yr old Lagavulin myself.

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: NTD on August 14, 2010, 09:03:08 pm

You are cruel ;D 8)

Title: Re: splices by hand
Post by: walkabout on August 14, 2010, 11:16:46 pm

i picked up a 1940's or 50's miter saw and jig at a yrad sale awhile back, all steel and works great. nothing like the plastic boxes you see so often today