Jim Koepke
06-14-2011, 8:52 PM
Among the saws inherited from an old friend was this Lakeside L8.
198029
It sure looks a lot like a Disston D8. The medallion was from the Brothers Warren & Ted Superior.
My only way of knowing anything about this saw is the etch is still visible.
198027
It looks like it hasn't been touched in a long while since some of the teeth were broken.
198026
My plan was to see if a 4 ppi saw would rip faster than my 6 ppi saw. My 6 ppi saw is a Disston D8 with a rake of 8°. To be even a bit more aggressive, this saw was filed with a 5° rake.
The first order of business was to joint the teeth down smooth. The file in my jointer has had a lot of work and is getting pretty worn. It was going slow. It is funny how things are learned. My learning was that this file holder/jointer will not accept a thicker file. That is when I recalled another saw tool in my accumulation. It is for large crosscut tree saws and filing raker teeth. But it will hold a file for jointing.
198028
A word to the wise, when using this kind of jointer you should wear a heavy glove just in case your hand gets enthusiastic and slips. Believe me, it will slip. DAMHIKT… It can be a little scary, and even though the teeth are flattened, they still have edges that can eat meat. BTW, you are made of meat.
198023
After the jointing was done the plate was checked and corrected using a straight edge. Then came the fun part. While making a guide to start the gullets it came to me that saw teeth at 4 ppi are more than 1/4" apart, DOH!
So with a little manipulation and the help of my computer a guide was made to mark off the gullets
198025
A small file was used to mark the starting points. This was followed by a bigger file to start the shaping of the teeth.
198024
Silly me, thinking all that was needed in my shop was a couple of big files for sharpening saws. It hadn't occurred to me that a saw may need a whole new set of choppers. It hadn't occurred to me that cutting new teeth on an old saw could dull three new files.
Lucky for me there are a couple of machine supply houses in town. We had to go in to town yesterday so a stop was made to buy a couple more files.
to be continued…
jtk
198029
It sure looks a lot like a Disston D8. The medallion was from the Brothers Warren & Ted Superior.
My only way of knowing anything about this saw is the etch is still visible.
198027
It looks like it hasn't been touched in a long while since some of the teeth were broken.
198026
My plan was to see if a 4 ppi saw would rip faster than my 6 ppi saw. My 6 ppi saw is a Disston D8 with a rake of 8°. To be even a bit more aggressive, this saw was filed with a 5° rake.
The first order of business was to joint the teeth down smooth. The file in my jointer has had a lot of work and is getting pretty worn. It was going slow. It is funny how things are learned. My learning was that this file holder/jointer will not accept a thicker file. That is when I recalled another saw tool in my accumulation. It is for large crosscut tree saws and filing raker teeth. But it will hold a file for jointing.
198028
A word to the wise, when using this kind of jointer you should wear a heavy glove just in case your hand gets enthusiastic and slips. Believe me, it will slip. DAMHIKT… It can be a little scary, and even though the teeth are flattened, they still have edges that can eat meat. BTW, you are made of meat.
198023
After the jointing was done the plate was checked and corrected using a straight edge. Then came the fun part. While making a guide to start the gullets it came to me that saw teeth at 4 ppi are more than 1/4" apart, DOH!
So with a little manipulation and the help of my computer a guide was made to mark off the gullets
198025
A small file was used to mark the starting points. This was followed by a bigger file to start the shaping of the teeth.
198024
Silly me, thinking all that was needed in my shop was a couple of big files for sharpening saws. It hadn't occurred to me that a saw may need a whole new set of choppers. It hadn't occurred to me that cutting new teeth on an old saw could dull three new files.
Lucky for me there are a couple of machine supply houses in town. We had to go in to town yesterday so a stop was made to buy a couple more files.
to be continued…
jtk