Matthew Curley
03-16-2003, 3:28 AM
Howdy all,
Started slipping down the slope a couple of years back... (still love the tailed toys though) In the process have started collecting a set of planes (mostly flea market/garage sale finds, Todd isn't the only one with 5$ stories...) I also have received a handful of handsaws, mostly panel, 1 large back saw, a few distons, an atkins, a few ???? (I'm going to start to digest the distonian-institute and other sites to figure out what I have exactly).
Point being that all of them have been unused for years... rust abounds, and all of them are in sad shape... I have been searching the internet (BP archives, The Porch archives, etc) and have found a multitude of restoration techniques, but each and every one says to do as little as possible. No-one ever says how much is enough... so I ask you looking at my before and after, have I done enough, too much, not enough.
FYI, I have decided to go the sandpaper/WD40/block of wood route, and I have started with one of the unknown saws so I don't screw up one that is of value (although I want them as users so value is worthless and priceless to me, they are all pieces of my family) Also my plan is to restore/clean all of them and then send the whole kit and kaboodle to Tom Law with a request that he sharpen those that are worth the trouble. I have one saw (one of my grandfather?s), a no-name saw that I cleaned up 5 years ago and had sharpened locally... I love that saw.
Any help or suggestions appreciated?
Started slipping down the slope a couple of years back... (still love the tailed toys though) In the process have started collecting a set of planes (mostly flea market/garage sale finds, Todd isn't the only one with 5$ stories...) I also have received a handful of handsaws, mostly panel, 1 large back saw, a few distons, an atkins, a few ???? (I'm going to start to digest the distonian-institute and other sites to figure out what I have exactly).
Point being that all of them have been unused for years... rust abounds, and all of them are in sad shape... I have been searching the internet (BP archives, The Porch archives, etc) and have found a multitude of restoration techniques, but each and every one says to do as little as possible. No-one ever says how much is enough... so I ask you looking at my before and after, have I done enough, too much, not enough.
FYI, I have decided to go the sandpaper/WD40/block of wood route, and I have started with one of the unknown saws so I don't screw up one that is of value (although I want them as users so value is worthless and priceless to me, they are all pieces of my family) Also my plan is to restore/clean all of them and then send the whole kit and kaboodle to Tom Law with a request that he sharpen those that are worth the trouble. I have one saw (one of my grandfather?s), a no-name saw that I cleaned up 5 years ago and had sharpened locally... I love that saw.
Any help or suggestions appreciated?