More to this DIY than I thought!!!!

Well I wanted to lower the headboard on my bed and that meant sawing a bit off the end of the struts, OK shouldn't be too hard, found the tenon saw but it was blunt so bought a new blade and duly attached it!!! clamped a strut in the workmate and tried to saw it but for some reason the saw just would not work, it just wouldn't "saw"!!:wallbang: I tried loosening the blade and then tightening it even more but no luck. On the computer, and googled "changing tenon saw blade" took ages to find any info and then I came across it, couldn't believe it actually, why isn't this info on the blade, does everyone else know this??? the teeth have to be pointing the right way!!! i.e. towards the handle ( which mine weren't) so all I had to do was change it round!!! Oh well I shall know next time.
Still haven't done done the job yet, ran out of time!!!

Val

 

Jings, I would have been lost with you on this one Gemini.
I would have set the blade to cut on the push stroke so that the sawdust flew away from me and not into my face on the pull stroke.
I'm sure that's the way saws used to be.

 

A tennon saw cuts on the forward stroke, the only saw I know of that cuts on the backward stroke is a pruning saw.
Never come across a "tennon saw" with a replaceable blade.


Although as an Apprentice a, "few years ago", the tutors always told us to put the blade in round the other way on a coping saw.
Reason being you break less blades that way.

I think those Japanese saws that you find these days with replaceable blades might be backwards, but you need to be part Samurai, to be able to use them.

 

I still use a hacksaw cutting on the forward stroke.

There are some very strange power tools out there these days, some might be masquerading as tennon saws, I'm just wondering if its something like that.

 

I'm sure you're as confused as I am now Gemini
But keep going guys - the girlies have a lot to learn :doggysmooze:

 

Tenon saws cut on the push stroke. Never seen a Tenon saw with a replaceable blade. The only saw I know of that cuts on the pull stroke is a pruning saw.

I rarely use a tenon saw as I have a band saw, a mitred cross cut saw, a reciprocating saw, a bow saw, a chop saw, a skil saw and a chainsaw. I have a router table, bench sander, linisher, orbital sanders etc etc....... why would I need to use a tenon saw? They get blunt and you have to change the blades and get them the right way round!!

Chopper.

 

Sorry Val but that gave me a giggle

 

Well.. would you look at that.. now I sawed it all.!

 

Yes it is!!! Sorry I got my saws mixed up, no hope is there!!!!

Val

 

that saw looks pretty old Shiney.

Have you tried buying a new blade for it recently?