Making Saws

About a month ago I picked up a Foley Retoother, which led to the production of a few saws. First I tried making a small 8" dovetail saw. What a pain to bend over the back, I need to find a better way to bend the brass. I made the handle out of some cherry I had lying around and finished it with three coats of shellac. The saw has 12 teeth per inch, which is the highest count bar I had for the retoother. It is filed crosscut, although my next one will be filed rip.

Then I decided to move onto something a little bigger. I made a 20" panel saw. I made the handle out of bloodwood. What an awful wood to shape, it just explodes for no reason creating "long, weapons-grade splinters" that really suck. The saw has 10 teeth per inch and is filed crosscut, 12 degrees of fleam and 8 degrees of rake. It cuts excellently.