Saws

After teaching thousands of students to cut dovetails by hand and dealing with the problems they had when using traditional dovetail saws, I decide...

Every hand-tool woodworker needs a minimum of three backsaws: Dovetail, Tenon, and Crosscut Saws. I designed and manufacture two different Crosscut...

Designed specifically to cut dry, furniture-grade, soft and hardwoods, our hand saws are made from hefty .035 inch thick, durable SK85 spring steel...

Designed specifically to cut dry, furniture-grade, soft and hardwoods, our hand saws are made from hefty .035 inch thick, durable SK85 spring steel...

Designed specifically to cut dry, furniture-grade, soft and hardwoods, our hand saws are made from hefty .035 inch thick, durable SK85 spring steel...

Every hand-tool woodworker needs a minimum of three backsaws: Dovetail, Tenon, and Crosscut Saws. I design and manufacture two Tenon Saws to meet t...

Every hand-tool woodworker needs a minimum of three backsaws: Dovetail, Tenon, and Crosscut Saws. I designed and manufacture two different crosscut...

Every hand-tool woodworker needs a minimum of three backsaws: Dovetail, Tenon, and Crosscut Saws. I design and manufacture two Tenon Saws to meet t...

I prefer sawing most of my dovetail waste out with a fret saw instead of chopping it out with a chisel.  Sawing takes less effort and is easier to ...

A fret saw is only as good as the blades you use.  I prefer a 12 point skip tooth blade for my fret saw. A skip toothed blade is similar to a stand...

Back in the summer of 1987 master craftsman Tage Frid showed me his ingenious method of finishing the saw cuts on the pinboard of a half-blind dove...

Back in the summer of 1987 master craftsman Tage Frid showed me his ingenious method of finishing the saw cuts on the pin board of a half-blind dov...

Description The most common problems students have when learning to cut dovetails  is how to make a plumb (straight up and down) cut on the pins an...

Cutting tiny dovetails (dovetails in 3/8 inch and less thick stock) is a bit challenging if using my regular sized dovetail saw - it can be done, b...

Cutting crosscuts in very small stock, can be challenging with our regular-sized Joinery Crosscut saw.  It can be done, but I wanted a better saw f...