Actually, I was a bit envious of your saw Keith...and you know my shop. Hmm coming up in the world. By the way what holds the Spurlock tapering jig in place as the hammer is being cut? Dale Dale S. Erwin -----Original Message----- From: Keith Roberts <keithspiano at gmail.com> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 9:19 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Spurlock tool variations You can't achieve the speed of the tooth for the same rpm without the 12 inch blade. The cut is so smooth and flat as to be finish looking and nosee line gluable. The extra clearance is nice. Otherwise it is overkill for hammers. You could use a smaller saw and probably get a decent cut. You might have guard cleance issues and have to modify the jig slightly. One with a really good laser guide would be nice. The Dewalt one got bad reviews. I have a fixer upper house and a shop to build. It's not just for hammers. I am tired of stooping with the skilsaw to cut my framing stuff too. This will cut a good sized beam or do a compound miter for large crown moulding. KR On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:18 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> wrote: On the surface it seems like the size of the machine is overkill for trimming hammers. Would a smaller saw not have done as well? David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Keith Roberts Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 7:41 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: [CAUT] Spurlock tool variations I like using the chop saw better than a table saw. The dust blows the other direction. You are not moving the hand towards a blade. The guard covers the blade. It has an electric brake. The tail arcing jig allows you to cut the same length tail no matter what the bore distance. This is the best cut I have seen on a hammer. 12inch Irwin Marathon carbide 72 tooth blade. Can be set so mouldings are true and square. Easier to keep the tip width the same. You can watch through the guard without crap flying in your face. That is a Weickert felt Ronson hammer Keith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101222/0b532f40/attachment-0001.htm>
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