Improved Coping Saw by Bob Smalser

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I’m still playing with ergonomics and how light I can get them without risk of breakage, but the unfinished trial saw cuts two-pass dovetails in hard maple like butter and with enuf accuracy to clean up with 3 chisel strokes.  Not too bad considering zero practice with a brand new design.

And the blade twangs to a nice high “C”.  Will finish the article and post the design when I get it all worked out.

Finished the trial saw tonight with a light coat of boat soup… the one with the worst piece of wood and as light as I dare make it.  Goes to a finish carpenter pal tomorrow at coffee… a gent doing trim the old-fashioned way in high-end homes… with instructions to use it hard and report back.

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