Knew Concepts Knewsletter: Issue #21, April 2018

In this issue:

• Saw Blade Tension: Proven, the Strongest Fret Saw On Earth
• Woodworker’s Journal Interview: Brian Meek, owner of Knew Concepts
• Artist Spotlight: James Miller, FIPG
• Get Lit!: The Flex-Mount Face Shield with LED Lights
• Share with us! Be Featured in a Knewsletter
• Previous Knewsletter Issues: Don’t Miss Out on A Knewletter

Saw Blade Tension

We Develop the Strongest Fret Saws
on Earth, and Can Prove It!

We built a system to test how much tension—in number of pounds—any given saw frame could actually put on a blade. And guess which saw frames came out on top... that’s right, Knew Concepts saw frames!

Why is tension important? Simple. To hold a skinny piece of wire with teeth as tight as it possibly can. The whole point is to hold that little saw blade in place accurately, so the teeth go where the frame points them. To give you control.

See the video of the Tension Rig in action...

Read more about it here...

Woodworker’s Journal Interview

Brian Meek Discusses Premium Handsaws

Our very own Brian Meek was interviewed by Woodworker’s Journal a while back discussing the premium Knew Concepts handsaws and how they came about. We thought it would be perfect to share it with you in this KnewsLetter.

Read the article.

Artist Spotlight

James Miller, FIPG

James Miller is a good friend and valued collaborator going back to the days of the very earliest prototype saws. Over the years, his suggestions for improvements and tweaks have pushed us towards developing improvements like the lever tensioning system, and the swiveling blade clamps. He’s even helped us cook up the Titanium Soldering Clamps.

See his beautiful work here...

Get Lit!

The Flex-Mount Face Shield
with LED Lights

The LED face shield with LED Lights protects your face from flying debris while giving you bright, warm, white, shadowless light. Designed to mount onto our Dovetail Accessory Plate, it allows you to get close up to your work, regardless if you’re using our Bench Pin or any of our other great work bench accessory tools that mount onto a standard dovetail plate.

See more information.

Share with us

Be Featured in a Knewsletter

We love to hear your thoughts about your craft projects while using our saws. Please feel free to contact us and tell us what you’re working on. We will pick out one artist for future Knewsletter’s and feature their project(s) that was built with Knew Concepts tools. We may also use your story as a testimonial on our website.

Tell us about your work.

Don’t miss out

Previous Knewsletter Issues

Do you dread the thought that you might have missed a Knewsletter Issue? Don’t despair! We have them all listed in our Knewsletter Archive for you to check out.

See the Knewsletter Archive