Tag: saw

Frame saws

~ George Crawford ~ 2 Comments

Advertisement from 1913. These saws are an excellent and handy way to cross-cut large logs quickly.  the design is over 2,500 years old solving the problem of keeping a stiff blade with a minimum amount of metal.  This style come in at about 4 1/2 pounds giving enough heft to aid in cutting.  Teeth cut … Continue reading Frame saws

More on the Dovetail Theme

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Graham Haydon of the Joiner's Workbench shows a fun experiment while showing off his new dovetail saw from Skelton Saws.  Graham joins a couple 1 x 6's in three minutes and does a pretty good job of it.  This is what I imagine some apprentice doing back in the pre-industrial era when he's showing off … Continue reading More on the Dovetail Theme

Restoring a Disston D8 Thumb Hole Rip Saw

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This is an excellent documentation for restoring an old saw. So many are out there just waiting for a bit of new life.

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While scouring antique malls looking for tools, I ran across this nice rip saw stuck in the back corner of a booth. It’s a Disston D8 Thumb Hole saw and considering it’s age, it was in very nice condition. Even though it had some rust on the blade, I knew it would clean up just fine.

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The first thing I did was take the saw apart and dip the blade in a bath of water with food grade citric acid. I let it sit overnight allowing the acid to eat all the rust off the blade.

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While the blade cooked, I focused my attention on the handle. Using Soy-Gel paint stripper, I cleaned all the gook and grime off the apple wood handle using a steel wool pad.

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Here’s the handle wiped off after just a few minutes of paint stripper on it.

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In the morning, I took the blade…

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