Ulmia Hilfsspannstock

Heute habe ich den kleinen Ulmia Hilfsspannstock entrosten und frisch geölt. Das stand lange auf der To-Do liste

 

Today I derusted and oiled a Umia Hilfaspannstock, (Helping Vise?).

 

 

 

New Veritas Saw set

Veritas released their new saw set: https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/118411-veritas-saw-set

 I had the chance to test a prototype earlier this year. First impression: 

Wonderfully made tool. 

 Smooth comfortable handle. 

Clear view on the teeth. 

Wide flats to rest on many teeth. 

Extrem slim hammer, to meet the tiniest teeth. 

An anvil adjustment with letters, not numbers. No more confusion.

Any downside? Not really. The set weights double or more than the Stanley 42x, wich it was mostly inspired by. And I have the same problem as I have with the Stanley 42x: I cannot set blades in my saw vise, because the handle and the vise need the same space.  

 

 

 

   

Mike Wenzloff

Tonight I learned, that Mike Wenzloff passed away 25/7/25. Thanks to Chris Schwarz to let us know: https://blog.lostartpress.com/2025/09/22/losses-to-the-craft-mike-wenzloff-charles-hummel

Mike Wenzloff and Leif Hanson are the two guy, who lead me into saw making with their Blogs and Forum entries. I spend the evenening rereading Mikes entries on UKW: https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/search/2338188/?page=50&c[users]=MikeW&o=date He was such a nice guy allways sharing his big knowledge. I missed him for a long time.  

 

Update: If you want to read what Mike has to say about himself: 

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/an-introduction-of-sorts.5064/ 

 

Holztechnisches Museum Rosenheim

Behind an ice and coffee restaurant in the centre of Rosenheim hides the Holztechnisches Museum Rosenheim. Christopher Schwarz from Lost Art Press brought it to my attention and as I passed Rosenheim on my way from Slovenia last weekend I visited it with my long-suffering and not so much complaining wife. (Had to invite her to  a Wurstsalat afterwards.)

It is a kind of old fashioned Museum, with a lot of Show cases, some very detailed miniatures of saw mills and some screen with videos. There are very few interactiv place, but you can try a plane and pull a log by hand. 

I concentrate on the displayed saws. 

The teeth of a two man crosscut saw. You can see the trces of the flat or fether file used to sharpen each surface of the tooth seperatly.

 

Simple tow man pit saw. (To saw boards from logs.)

 Drawing and picture of a sawing pit. Shown used with a 3 man frame saw.

 

Next object is this giant fram saw. I can not imagine that it was designet to be use by hands. I think it was oart of a water or animal driven saw mill.

 

The direction of the teeth changes in the middle. Lot of space between the teeth to clloect big amounts of shavings.

 

 

 

The german joinery saws. I don't like to work with them.

 

Another small frame saw. and a weird toothing:

There is a lot more in this museum, but I think I will not show all the pictures I made. You will have to go on your own. 
 

But this one I cannot keep to myself: Never saw a holdfast in Germany before: 

 

 

 

 

Repair of a young lady

Ich habe eine junge Dame in die Werkstatt bekommen, die nicht sägte, sondern nur hopste. Zuerst habe ich die Schränkung im Schraubstock weggedrückt. Dann sägte sie besser, verzog aber. Diagnose: Das Blatt war auch noch verbogen. Also habe ich das Blatt gerade gebogen, sie wieder geschränkt und zweimal durchgefeilt. Nun ist sie eine Säge und keine Hopse. 

 

Repair of a young lady: A young saw came it to my shop, that didn't saw but sprang around. So I reduced set in the mechanic vise. Now shae saw, but not straight. The blade was bowed, too. So I rebwoed the blade, set her correctly and sharpened her twice. Now she is a saw but not a spring any more. 

This is a link to the before video: 

 

 

right: first attempt. Middle after the first desetting. left. after desetting. saws a bow

The blade has a bow

on the other side, too ;o)

After resetting and 2x sharpening.