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5th wedding anniversary box

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5th wedding anniversary boxDecided to make the wife a keepsake box for our 5 year wedding anniversary. Have had this piece of walnut that I been wanting to use for a waterfall box. The lid is made from some figured walnut that I had resawn as well as some figured cherry. The small trays and inserts are all made from the cherry and walnut used in other places on the box. It was fun to make something small and sentimental for a change. She loved it.



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The French Mitre Saw -- Scie Recaler

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The French Mitre Saw -- Scie  Recaler The French Mitre Saw—Scie Recaler Lumberjock theoldfart, aka Kevin, recently sent me his French mitre saw, or scie recaler in French, for restoration. His saw is old, and it rightly has the appearance of a beautiful antique. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to make one. I ended up making three, and two of them are now listed for sale on my website. Below is a photo of Kevin's antique saw.



When it comes to woodworking, the French have traditionally done things a bit different than their British or American counterparts. The standard use of frame saws rather than handsaws is one example. For cutting miters, instead of a miter saw and miter box they adopted the scie recaler and the boite recaler, literally the saw to recalibrate and box to recalibrate. In that sense, recalibrate relates to sawing the desired angle. We call the boite recaler a miter jack. This type of saw can also be used to make 90 degree cuts in a device known as a flat jack. In the drawing below, the flat jack is on top and the miter jack is on the bottom. Both are called boites recaler.In researching scies recaler, I found they were all very similar with a few minor differences. Some have a handle profile like Kevin's, and some have a little fancier handle profile like the example pictured below. Also, some are single sided and some are double sided, with two toothed cutting edges, as shown in this picture.



The three saws I made are all single sided with the slightly more elaborate handle profile. I made the saws in two lengths, two at 20 and one at 18. The 18 saw has a slightly thinner and narrower saw plate and handle than its brothers. By comparison, Kevin's saw is 55cm or about 21-5/8” in length.A scie recaler has five components:1. handle - Kevin's handle, and probably most French-made handles, are of European beech. I made mine from cherry and applied a dark antique stain.2. saw plate - For the 20 saws I used 0.028 spring steel 5 wide, same as on Kevin's saw. I used 0.025 steel 4-1/2 wide on the 18 saw.3. backing plate - I'm not sure of the correct name of this component, so I'm calling it the backing plate. It is a strip of spring steel the same width as the handle, and the saw plate is sandwiched between it and the handle. I used 0.032 spring steel, which is the same as Kevin's saw.4. flat head screws - On Kevin's saw, and on my 20 saws, 12 slotted flat head screws are used to secure the backing plate and saw plate to the handle. On my 18 saw I dropped the number to 10. These screws are countersunk into the backing plate. Originally on Kevin's saw, the screws were #4 steel screws. Some of the screws were missing, the threads on others were badly rusted, and the screw holes in the wood had become wallowed out over time. I replaced the screws with 5/8 #5 brass screws and used the same type brass screws in my saws.5. eye screw for hanging - In looking at pictures of similar vintage saws, I noticed that many had steel eye screws in the end for hanging. I think hanging the saws is a good idea because they aren't easily adaptable to a till, and if they're just left laying around, they will be subject to dulling from banging into other objects. Kevin's saw had three holes where the eye screw had been replaced at various times, but there was no screw present now. I replaced his eye screw and installed them on my saws, but I used brass because I thought it looked better.I'm not aware of anyone else in the world currently making this type of saw, so a new one is probably a pretty rare thing. Antique ones are not very plentiful either. I hope my three scies recaler remain attractive and useful for as long as Kevin's antique one has.



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Claro Walnut Live Edge Charcuterie Board

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Claro Walnut Live Edge Charcuterie BoardI had this odd shape/sized piece of Claro Walnut that my buddy gave to me. I could see the amazing grain and figure so although it was shaped like a potato chip, I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it. I finally decided that I would sacrifice some of the beauty of the piece in order to at least have some of it useable.
To celebrate my 2,000 follower milestone on Instagram I am currently hosting a giveaway, and this board as well as one of my t-shirts is my contribution to the overall prize package.
There was A LOT of epoxy filling to get this board to this point. The sapwood portion was crumbling due to rot and there was some beautiful spalting present to confirm on the piece that was scrapped. I chose to use shellac cut 50/50 with denatured alcohol to soak into the sapwood and help stabilize it. I then finished with Howard's cutting board oil and buffed it out.
Though this board took about twice as long as I thought it would, I am very pleased with how it came out. I also am pleased that my brand came out so perfect for this giveaway prize as well.
Any questions or comments are always welcome. Thanks for stopping by.



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