Klaus Kretschmar
11-01-2011, 9:04 AM
Hi Creekers,
after a few months, an 26" vintage Atkins saw was laying in my shop, I finally gave up my hesitation to do the restoration work. I hesitated since I knew that this job would be a challenge for me regarding the shape of the handle with some break-outs. Her some before pics:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a-h2P0TQeJc/Tq98FfBDKSI/AAAAAAAABq4/DomEL-QuAMg/s1600/P1030215.jpg
The top horn was cracked and the tip was gone.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dyneCkrHvVs/Tq98G47Ct0I/AAAAAAAABro/Ka4fMelVXYY/s1600/P1030220.jpg
The tip of the lambs tongue at the left side was gone also.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BlsNnXf9JD0/Tq98GVPlGxI/AAAAAAAABrg/aUmGMlLsS-E/s1600/P1030219.jpg
A fair amount of headaches caused a blow-out around the front screw.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ti3mUlYvT7E/Tq98F1-wslI/AAAAAAAABrQ/PJA-Uch1Zsc/s1600/P1030218.jpg
The handle was missing a part of the hook also but I didn't shoot a pic.
A few pics of the rehabbing work:
The first step was to flatten the areas that had to get replacements. Then the replacement pieces were glued on.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ntcN8KIl5vY/Tq97zjr6vsI/AAAAAAAABqg/82ECY7f96sM/s1600/P1030269.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dg-KlCx_xCU/Tq97y7OzLAI/AAAAAAAABqY/l_a9STBsXLE/s1600/P1030278.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZlDGSXJ12ms/Tq97y54cQ6I/AAAAAAAABqE/CsQCTWU0Kao/s1600/P1030275.jpg
To get the correct shape of the top horn, I cut out a pic and glued it on the replacement wood.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0onwkVbic9s/Tq97yooVTLI/AAAAAAAABp8/mSMTX-bi7Ck/s1600/P1030276.jpg
After some filing:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7wZ3gmErFo/Tq97dQAKDnI/AAAAAAAABps/w_KFJcpjFQU/s1600/P1030280.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBSqPDdKmqY/Tq97cvFYN5I/AAAAAAAABpY/bn1s3JyQiqc/s1600/P1030284.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d5v8v-sQex0/Tq97cYeQ3gI/AAAAAAAABo8/7B7ueoUvLiM/s1600/P1030286.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vk7khdGWW20/Tq97dPnuAwI/AAAAAAAABpg/yK5K7AkwnX0/s1600/P1030283.jpg
Now the biggest challenge was attacked, the blow-out around the front screw. That was the most difficult part and -to be honest- it didn't work that good as I had hoped. You'll see. I sawed out a shim of pear with a predrilled hole in the correct size. I used pear since the damaged area of the handle showed only very subtle grain so the pear seemed to fit the best way. The different colour shouldn't be a problem since the handle had to be stained and the pear does accept the staining the same way as apple does. Then I pressed a sheet of paper on the damaged part to get the contours and the hole position. So I got a pattern that was cut out.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pAEo-ESWskI/Tq97E9XH_oI/AAAAAAAABow/GPJE_eexPaU/s1600/P1030287%2Bklein.jpg
The dhape was transferred on the pear shim.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nv85HGDCwJ0/Tq97Ea81nAI/AAAAAAAABok/dNn2n0dzojQ/s1600/P1030289.jpg
Then the damaged area was slightly deepened. That was the step I did bad. Although I used sharp carving knifes to match the contour of the pear shim, I didn't match it very good as you can see on the following pic. If I had some practice with inlay work it probably would have went better.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-deJ2XYVDMA0/Tq97EAnvE7I/AAAAAAAABoU/nZWAowi5AeE/s1600/P1030293.jpg
The further steps and the finished saw you'll see in another thread because of the pic limitation.
Klaus
after a few months, an 26" vintage Atkins saw was laying in my shop, I finally gave up my hesitation to do the restoration work. I hesitated since I knew that this job would be a challenge for me regarding the shape of the handle with some break-outs. Her some before pics:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a-h2P0TQeJc/Tq98FfBDKSI/AAAAAAAABq4/DomEL-QuAMg/s1600/P1030215.jpg
The top horn was cracked and the tip was gone.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dyneCkrHvVs/Tq98G47Ct0I/AAAAAAAABro/Ka4fMelVXYY/s1600/P1030220.jpg
The tip of the lambs tongue at the left side was gone also.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BlsNnXf9JD0/Tq98GVPlGxI/AAAAAAAABrg/aUmGMlLsS-E/s1600/P1030219.jpg
A fair amount of headaches caused a blow-out around the front screw.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ti3mUlYvT7E/Tq98F1-wslI/AAAAAAAABrQ/PJA-Uch1Zsc/s1600/P1030218.jpg
The handle was missing a part of the hook also but I didn't shoot a pic.
A few pics of the rehabbing work:
The first step was to flatten the areas that had to get replacements. Then the replacement pieces were glued on.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ntcN8KIl5vY/Tq97zjr6vsI/AAAAAAAABqg/82ECY7f96sM/s1600/P1030269.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dg-KlCx_xCU/Tq97y7OzLAI/AAAAAAAABqY/l_a9STBsXLE/s1600/P1030278.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZlDGSXJ12ms/Tq97y54cQ6I/AAAAAAAABqE/CsQCTWU0Kao/s1600/P1030275.jpg
To get the correct shape of the top horn, I cut out a pic and glued it on the replacement wood.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0onwkVbic9s/Tq97yooVTLI/AAAAAAAABp8/mSMTX-bi7Ck/s1600/P1030276.jpg
After some filing:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7wZ3gmErFo/Tq97dQAKDnI/AAAAAAAABps/w_KFJcpjFQU/s1600/P1030280.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBSqPDdKmqY/Tq97cvFYN5I/AAAAAAAABpY/bn1s3JyQiqc/s1600/P1030284.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d5v8v-sQex0/Tq97cYeQ3gI/AAAAAAAABo8/7B7ueoUvLiM/s1600/P1030286.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vk7khdGWW20/Tq97dPnuAwI/AAAAAAAABpg/yK5K7AkwnX0/s1600/P1030283.jpg
Now the biggest challenge was attacked, the blow-out around the front screw. That was the most difficult part and -to be honest- it didn't work that good as I had hoped. You'll see. I sawed out a shim of pear with a predrilled hole in the correct size. I used pear since the damaged area of the handle showed only very subtle grain so the pear seemed to fit the best way. The different colour shouldn't be a problem since the handle had to be stained and the pear does accept the staining the same way as apple does. Then I pressed a sheet of paper on the damaged part to get the contours and the hole position. So I got a pattern that was cut out.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pAEo-ESWskI/Tq97E9XH_oI/AAAAAAAABow/GPJE_eexPaU/s1600/P1030287%2Bklein.jpg
The dhape was transferred on the pear shim.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nv85HGDCwJ0/Tq97Ea81nAI/AAAAAAAABok/dNn2n0dzojQ/s1600/P1030289.jpg
Then the damaged area was slightly deepened. That was the step I did bad. Although I used sharp carving knifes to match the contour of the pear shim, I didn't match it very good as you can see on the following pic. If I had some practice with inlay work it probably would have went better.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-deJ2XYVDMA0/Tq97EAnvE7I/AAAAAAAABoU/nZWAowi5AeE/s1600/P1030293.jpg
The further steps and the finished saw you'll see in another thread because of the pic limitation.
Klaus