Daddy has a (Panel) Saw problem....

[Austin Works]

Thanks for the comments on the chest of my gramp's - as I mentioned I have a soft spot for small panel saws. I think its the detail on the handles which take on some of the curves of nice backsaws.

The pictures are of a D-8 with 20" blade, a user made split nut with 18" blade, the D-7 with a 16" blade, and a T. Tillotson & Sons with a 14" blade. In the second picture you can see the Tillotson stampings. Near the handle you can see part of the "Extra Quality" stamp that follows the radius of the handle.

[john brenton]

Love the D7

[Chris Vandiver]

Austin,
Isn't that a Disston #7 and not a Disston D-7?

[john brenton]

Dang Chris, you're good at this! Haha. BTW, mine is a #12, not a D-12. You were right.


Austin,
Isn't that a Disston #7 and not a Disston D-7?

[Mike Olson]

This is my #7 Panel saw.

It's by far my most favorite and most used saw.

[Andrae Covington]

I like panel saws because, well, I have to. I'm 5'2", with arms and legs scaled accordingly. I recently built a couple sawbenches, and to work with my knee height they are only 16" tall. You can see in the photo (taken while sawing the ripping notch) that at a steep ripping angle even a 22" saw is almost too long. Not that I plan to do a lot of ripping by hand, but I did work out the geometry before I went hunting for saws.

I have three short handsaws I purchased on ebay over time. It was particularly difficult to find one with rip teeth rather than crosscut. I know, I could refile a crosscut panel saw, but I was not sure how successful I would be.

Bottom saw is a 22" Disston D-8 crosscut with 9ppi, then a 20" Disston #7 crosscut with 11ppi, and on top a 22" "Warranted Superior" etched as "The Astoria" rip with 6ppi.