In this case, he already has the vertical part cut so he just slides
the blade down close to the bottom, jabbed it forward and cut
straight across.
>>> "Bill Taggart"  8/20/2008 2:16 PM >>>
I saw Frank do this live in person on a couple of occasions when I lived
in NJ. His shop was about 15-20 minutes from where I lived. He did it
once at a NJ CRAFTS meet and once at a local club meet at his shop.

The the back, oh, 1/3 or so of the saw blade is horizontal with the
teeth pointing towards the side, but vertical like any other normal
blade in the front part. The transition is diagonal, so that the
horizontal part starts out as just a thin bit and then gets wider as you
go towards the rear end of the blade.

He starts the cut with the front part of the blade, cutting normally,
and then when he gets to the bottom, makes a quick push to transition to
the horizontal part of the blade, which he uses to cut across the bottom
of the waste. As I recall, the blades are (were) imported (from Belgium?
Hungary?).

- Bill T.

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2008 4:57 PM To: joe@j...Cc: oldtools@r...Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re:
3-Minute Dovetails

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Joseph Sullivan  wrote:
> How did he get his blade to turn and cut the bottoms out so
smoothly?
>

According to the second paragraph under the video:

> Frank is using a bowsaw blade that was manufactured with a
> 90=C2=B0 bend
in it. So after
> he saws down to the bottom of the tail or pin he pushes the bent
section of the
> sawblade forward into the cut. That's how he turns the corner so
effortlessly. The
> sawblade isn't made anymore (according to Frank and our research),
but boy is it
> amazing.

Personally, I'd like to see some more information on that blade. It's
hard to see from the video - although for the last couple tails it's
a little clearer if you look real close as he's putting the blade
into position.

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