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Bump and reduced to $65 delivered.
I have been accumulating various offcuts of Exotic Woods that I use in the construction of the custom saws I make and sell. I have a medium flat rate box filled as shown in the pictures below which...
I have a sweet heart era Stanley #40 scrub that needs a new home. Beech handles near perfect, blade sharp and ready for final hone. Bottom smooth and bright. Paint at 90% with wear in the typical...
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Long out of production, this matched set of bronze side rabbets are like new in box. Come as shown with cherry handles. $450 delivered to US locations.
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Here is what Henry Disston said about quality back 175 years ago:
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I use mine for 16 points and it's maxed out. The issue is the quadrant swing determines the fineness of set. I know a guy (Eric Florip) up in MI that modified his to use a CNC control to advance...
Whatever saw you patterned that handle after was an exceptional specimen!
In my experience, the wave you describe is due to the heel or toe of the spine being driven down on the blade which grips the plate unevenly causing the wave. The cure is to take the back off, or...
Robert,
My favorite saw set is the 42X because it clamps the saw before setting the tooth. However, for a saw with big teeth like your rip saw, the ordinary 42 is a good choice. You can find...
Mike Dunbar, the person responsible for starting the windsor chair making proliferation around the country, has been in favor of making up seat blanks from two narrower pieces glued in the middle to...
Back in the day, when I was making the Independence Tool Dovetail saw, I would often go to trade shows to exhibit and sell the saw. I had a small bench set up with some half inch poplar for people...
Hmmm. Not quite. The transformation of the line was much more than just renaming the saws from #12 to D12. There were many changes to the saws besides the name. The saws lost their nib, the handle...
Phil,
Jeff is a class act. I tried to get in that class just for fun to spend a week fishing. Perhaps next year. I bought a form and made a second tip for my rod. Swung from the fences and...
Phil,
Where did you take the class? Down here in OH? Interested which you took and what you thought of it.
Pete
In Disston's own promotional materials, they state that the nib was merely decorative in nature.
If you look at a nib closely, it is not sharpened. Also realize that there were at least 50...
I have the LV version and use it quite a bit for a specialized task. Namely planing bamboo strips into precise triangles to make bamboo flyrods. A 20 degree block plane is the typical tool used,...
Not to mention the teeth don't even look like they are filed to a point. yikes!
A couple thoughts.
Your saw is pretty far gone in the grand scheme of what's restorable. Looks as though it spent considerable time hanging in the barn or even outside in the elements. Some...
Some nice looking maple there…!
Warren,
The bait and switch is fantastic and very amusing. I ask again, if the tapered saw blade was the Acme of sawing delight, why is it only seen on very early British saws, and very few at...
I'm familiar with both gents and it's not remotely peculiar. There is no known instance of any US maker at any point in time showing a tapered saw back. I have original catalogs going back to the...
Interesting but should only be considered notionally correct, not precise. Many older saws with split nuts have one broken or loose which can affect that handle angle greatly. No way of knowing...
Ken,
There is some magic in the 42X, and that is it is the best designed tool for the job, from a function standpoint and an ergonomics standpoint.
Functionally has been discussed above,...