Niels Cosman
02-27-2011, 7:51 PM
Hey All,
Delving deeper and deeper into the dark neandering depths- I have gotten my first two old panel saws: One a Harvey Peace no. 45 (I think) Crosscut and the other a Disston D-8 rip.
The Peace has a beautiful handle that couldn't fit my hand any better, but the blade (while straight and sharp) is probably missing about 1"-2" of width, and i suspect the end was cut off at some point. The D-8 has a fine blade with a decent etch, but the handle is split in couple of places. The plan is to make a new blade for the Peace and a New handle for the Disston. I think it is very fitting to start with the Peace first, considering that this saw was made at the Vulcan Saw Works which was located half a dozen blocks away from my studio in Brooklyn!
I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts about a source/alloy for the steel for a new sawplate?
Also has anybody ever tried to sandblast a new etch on blade? I sandblast glass all of the time using a photo-resist and I was going to attempt the same technique to create a "new" etch.
184506184507184508http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/misc/pencil.png
Delving deeper and deeper into the dark neandering depths- I have gotten my first two old panel saws: One a Harvey Peace no. 45 (I think) Crosscut and the other a Disston D-8 rip.
The Peace has a beautiful handle that couldn't fit my hand any better, but the blade (while straight and sharp) is probably missing about 1"-2" of width, and i suspect the end was cut off at some point. The D-8 has a fine blade with a decent etch, but the handle is split in couple of places. The plan is to make a new blade for the Peace and a New handle for the Disston. I think it is very fitting to start with the Peace first, considering that this saw was made at the Vulcan Saw Works which was located half a dozen blocks away from my studio in Brooklyn!
I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts about a source/alloy for the steel for a new sawplate?
Also has anybody ever tried to sandblast a new etch on blade? I sandblast glass all of the time using a photo-resist and I was going to attempt the same technique to create a "new" etch.
184506184507184508http://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/misc/pencil.png