On 7/13/2011 9:35 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
> I've also seen articles discussing the use of a saw with a
> mitre jack, and claiming a French origin for the tool:
>
> http://theparttimewoodworker.blogspot.com/2010/08/saw-that-never-
> was.html
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/newsletters/Woodworking/5/5/collection.htm
>
> The idea is that you saw first, then finish with a mitre plane. The
> saw shown in the photos looks perfect for this purpose, and I'd really
> like to find or make one.
>
> Are there any other ways to use these things? Any other galoots who
> have made and/or used one of these want to weigh in?
>
Interesting to see the mitre jack used with the working surface
horizontal. That explains the unequal length legs on the example
illustrated by LV. Apparently the short legs sit on the bench, while the
longer ones hang over the front edge of the bench in the manner of a
bench hook. Although I'd seen the LV photos, I hadn't sussed that out
until now.
I don't have a mitre jack and have never used one: I've never seen one
in the wild, and haven't found the time to try and make one. Sigh...
However, I do have a saw somewhat suited to that sort of work, on a
small scale at least, and I think it MAY have come from LV. My
spreadsheet says it's a double-edged flush cutting saw, and I paid $18
for in 1993. I have used it a few times to cut pegs roughly flush to a
finish surface, before paring or planing, and it worked well for that
purpose. Also for trimming around doors to accommodate new flooring.
Alternating teeth on both edges have no set at all. Those that are set,
are all set in the same direction - namely up toward the handle, which
is attached to the blade by screws through the saw plate, the latter
being only about 6 X 3 inches. The max depth of cut is just over 1 inch.
So this is a baby version of the mitre saw in those photos, and it might
work OK with small stuff on a mitre jack, but I may never know... I
expect it's actually a trim saw, and probably a common tradesman's tool,
being roughly made and unfinished. It has no maker's mark, though I seem
to recall it was made in France. Photos here:
http://galootcentral.com/index.php?option=com_copperminevis&Itemid=2&pl-
ace=displayimage&album=594&pos http://tinyurl.com/639ux3m
Don
--
I hear, and I imagine; I see, and I understand; I do, and I remember
forever. from R.A. Salaman, Dictionary of Woodworking Tools
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