Japanese Saw (Carpenters) scabbard.

Boys and Girls,

No matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to get away from puzzles!

No..., this is not a puzzle, but it was instigated by me making another one.  I decided to post this before the culprit shows its face here under the guise of a project.

 

While doing my latest puzzle (to be published later… YAY!) I had the need to use my larger Japanese Saw… I believe it is called a Japanese Universal Carpenters Saw, at least in Aussie speak.

While the name doesn’t really matter, the fact that the paper scabbard disintegrated did,  

I’m not one to immediately reach for my namesake, the duck tape, I remembered the scabbard I made for my smaller Japanese saw, (I apologise to those sensitive people offended by my previous abbreviation of the name, both here and LJ’s… nevertheless the full name is justified here as it is a much BIGger saw.)

I didn’t want to re-invent the wheel, but did choose to re-invent this box/scabbard.

 

The project started off with a photo of the saw that was imported into SketchUp,

re-sized to the correct length and traced over using guide lines to get the form,

then it was a simple case of designing each layer (bottom, cradle, top)

for eventual progression to the laser.

 

While lingering about in CorelDraw, I thought that after a few vinos, I might mistake the handle of the saw for a nail gun, so I decided to design an engraving of a facsimile of the saw on the front of the scabbard. This was done by importing a photo off the Internet and converting it to a laserable B&W vector diagram,

which came to life on the laser

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to be backfilled with ebony Timbermate.

While in Coreldraw I set up a job to cut out some lining from self-adhesive felt on my laser,

though I must admit I hate red felt (and/or red flock) for lining, to enhance my builds… while it may hide any accidental blood spilt during construction, but in the same vein (pun intended), because of that same concealment, one might bleed out before dialling 000 (or 911 in Yankeeland).

 

Not much to the glue up,

and tested for fit of lid,

Down to the workshop for sanding and buffing… after the sensual buffing, it was intimately felt up,

and the swinging top secured to the body.

 

Damn it all, the last time I played chess was about 20 years ago and I no longer plan 30 steps ahead anymore… didn’t allow for the swing of the top against the handle,

Had to do a bit of quick sanding… lucky I had set up my sander on the lathe for another puzzle (yay).  Rounded it over to clear the handle

and a dab of Japanese black stain covered up the revealed raw MDF,

 

Those lack of planned ahead chess moves, did another gotcha on me… I tried to hang the scabbard with a 6mm hole over a ¼” dowel… what maniac dares to sell imperial timber in Aussieland?... probably a Yankee tourist importing contaband for ex-pat Yanks that have escaped from the 5th. November 2024 elections. 

Extended the hole to 7mm

and the saw now rest safely with all the others,

Hell, what other nitwit has more than one handsaw?… 

maybe two, one for each hand, but more than that… Gomorrah! 

 

Nevertheless I can sleep peacefully with my CPAP at ½ speed,

as I prefer to use my TS/BS/MS for cutting timber… anything but a handtool.

The end

 

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