Sawing wood by hand - and a saw, of course! More wood joy and pain
Wood for free? I've always liked the idea of using local wood from fallen branches etc and cutting this up and drying it. It is nice to make things from wood and be able to have in your minds eye where it grew. All it takes is some strenuous carrying, splitting and sawing and then waiting a few years and after that you have your own special wood - for free? Wood sawing woes One of the biggest problems I have encountered during my wood gathering activities is difficulty when holding pieces of wood when sawing it into pieces ready to dry or use. Here I am just managing to use an old Japanese Whaleback saw to divide a wide piece of dry sycamore intended for use as an archtop guitar back. My poor old vice is valiantly doing its best but the wood moved around a lot and things are not ideal for me or the poor vice! Precision Hand Sawing! In the past veneers were sawn by hand. Here is an illustration of this process from the18th century French treatise on woodworking by Roubo (Imag