long slots in small wood

Par wrote:
> I want to make a folding bucksaw, a bit like the one shown in
> http://www.poleandpaddle.com/images/pack_saw.jpg. But that means that I
> need to cut a slong slot in both the uprights and the crosspiece, to
> cover the sawblade. I do not own a router or a tablesaw.
>
> Is it possible to do it with a circular saw? Any other suggestions? I've
> thought of gluing up three pieces of wood, but that feels like cheating.
>
> /Par
>


that looks like an ideal cut for a tablesaw. I'd suggest that you find
someone with a tablesaw you could use for the cut.

In article <[email protected]>, usenet@hunter-
gatherer.org says...
> I want to make a folding bucksaw, a bit like the one shown in
> http://www.poleandpaddle.com/images/pack_saw.jpg. But that means that I
> need to cut a slong slot in both the uprights and the crosspiece, to
> cover the sawblade. I do not own a router or a tablesaw.
>
> Is it possible to do it with a circular saw? Any other suggestions? I've
> thought of gluing up three pieces of wood, but that feels like cheating.
>
> /Par

You can clamp your tablesaw to a table upside down and set up an independent
fence for cutting your slot.
You could use a bisquit jointer if you have one.

Or you could go with the 3 bits of wood solution - I would seriously consider
it and not think it cheating at all: you'll probably end up with something
stronger than 1 single bit of wood with a slot. I cut my hammer handles out of
5-ply (homemade) stock, for instance - they last several times longer. Make it
a feature and use different coloured hardwoods :-)

-P.

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In article <[email protected]>, usenet@hunter-
gatherer.org says...
>
> What type of glue? This thing is bound to get wet regularilly (canoeing
> and general wilderness travel) and also used in rather cold temperatures
> (down to -40 C is likely).
>
> /Par
>

Urea-formaldehyde (the clear new Gorilla glue is pretty fantastic) or
resorcinol in that case. PVA and aliphatic glue cannot handle getting wet
regularly.

-P.

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Peter Huebner wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, usenet@hunter-
> gatherer.org says...
>>
>> What type of glue? This thing is bound to get wet regularilly (canoeing
>> and general wilderness travel) and also used in rather cold temperatures
>> (down to -40 C is likely).
>>
>> /Par
>>
>
> Urea-formaldehyde (the clear new Gorilla glue is pretty fantastic)

???? I can't find anything about a clear Gorilla glue, and there's no
obvious mention of it on their Web site.

> or
> resorcinol in that case.

FWIW, Weldwood doesn't recommend their urea-formaldehyde glue for uses
requiring complete water resistance, for that they recommend
resorcinol-formaldehyde.

> PVA and aliphatic glue cannot handle getting wet
> regularly.

Some of the modified aliphatics can take quite a lot of water exposure.
Titebond III has passed some fairly stringent tests. Wouldn't recommend it
over resorcinol though.


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On 10 Jul 2006 17:25:01 GMT, Par <[email protected]> wrote:

>I want to make a folding bucksaw, a bit like the one shown in
>http://www.poleandpaddle.com/images/pack_saw.jpg. But that means that I
>need to cut a slong slot in both the uprights and the crosspiece, to
>cover the sawblade. I do not own a router or a tablesaw.
>
>Is it possible to do it with a circular saw? Any other suggestions? I've
>thought of gluing up three pieces of wood, but that feels like cheating.

If you can get some boards of the same thickness on either side and
clamp it all together you should be able to do it.


-Leuf

Peter Huebner <[email protected]>:
> Or you could go with the 3 bits of wood solution - I would seriously
> consider it and not think it cheating at all: you'll probably end up
> with something stronger than 1 single bit of wood with a slot.

What type of glue? This thing is bound to get wet regularilly (canoeing
and general wilderness travel) and also used in rather cold temperatures
(down to -40 C is likely).

/Par

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