Recent content by mattmatthew

Other things to consider when cutting melamine or any type of brittlelish material like solid surface (Corian) are the type of grind and rake on the blade. Most people try to cut melamine with wood blades. Two big issues with that: Wood blades have a more positive, forward, aggressive rake and...

Japanese saws run the gamut of tooth styles... rip, crosscut (finer, staggered tooth), mix use, as well as flush cut (fine teeth are inline and unstaggered to prevent marring of the main surface). The upside to Japanese saws is that making a straight cut is more natural because every successive...

Just joined. Don't even have a garage. But I'm looking for ideas on how to better organize my workspace. Been a member of the HAMB for years but since I'm not exactly into traditional hot rods per se, maybe this will be a better fit. My dream house is a garage and workspace with a place to...

also look for videos from tommy mac and rob cosman. there's a video on yt of cosman cutting both sides of a dovetail joint by hand in 2 min 40 sec. if i'm not mistaken any stiffening rib crosscut saw (15 tpi or greater) with a thin kerf can be used for dovetailing. many of my customers at my...