Atkins #55 Restoration - Pic heavy, the rest of the story

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Here's the further progress and the finished saw.

Nevertheless the shim was glued in, planed with a block plane and sanded.

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After that the handle got one layer of wet sanded shellac, the n it was stained.

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Finally it got a finish of pure carnauba wax. It's done!



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The repaired area around the screw is visible as mentioned. It coul have been done better. But all in all I'm truly pleased with the result. I think the saw got back a lot of it's former beauty. You probably will see, that the front screw doesn't match correctly. It was replaced with a slightly smaller one. Maybe I run across a donor handle somewhere down the road, who knows.

My special thanks are going to Jonathan McCullough. Hey Jay, without your help, I wouldn't have been able to shape the top horn correctly. Thanks a lot for the fantastic drawings and sketch-ups!

Thanks for looking.

Klaus

[Joe Bailey]

A masterful restoration, Klaus - nice work.

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

Nice work, Klaus!

I think you're being tougher on the patch than you need to be - yeah, it's visible, but it looks a lot better than a missing chunk, and this is a tool!

The one thing I've learned from doing patches and inlay, is that whenever you can get away with it, a simpler shape, and straight lines are easier to inlay than an odd one, and it's almost always easier to size the hole to the piece going in than the other way around. Also, if the color match is good, end grain hides patches better than face grain - I'd have been tempted to run the inlay out to the edge of the bevel, and squared off the cavity to straight lines, preferably following the grain; one less edge to fit, and the grain flow remains a little more uninterrupted. Although, I don't know if the bevel would have hid the patching as well as straight end grain.

I hope none of this sounds like criticism, cause you did a great restoration. I'm really impressed by the job on the lamb's tongue - that looks like a tough job.

I think I've got a few extra saw nuts kicking around from a few saws I cleaned up a while back - if I can find them, I'll see if any are the right size. What's the size you need?

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Nice work, Klaus!

I think you're being tougher on the patch than you need to be - yeah, it's visible, but it looks a lot better than a missing chunk, and this is a tool!

The one thing I've learned from doing patches and inlay, is that whenever you can get away with it, a simpler shape, and straight lines are easier to inlay than an odd one, and it's almost always easier to size the hole to the piece going in than the other way around. Also, if the color match is good, end grain hides patches better than face grain - I'd have been tempted to run the inlay out to the edge of the bevel, and squared off the cavity to straight lines, preferably following the grain; one less edge to fit, and the grain flow remains a little more uninterrupted. Although, I don't know if the bevel would have hid the patching as well as straight end grain.

I hope none of this sounds like criticism, cause you did a great restoration. I'm really impressed by the job on the lamb's tongue - that looks like a tough job.

I think I've got a few extra saw nuts kicking around from a few saws I cleaned up a while back - if I can find them, I'll see if any are the right size. What's the size you need?

Thanks Joe and Joshua.

Joshua, that's a very kind offer, many thanks for that. The screws and nuts Atkins used on this saw have the head diameter of 9/16". I don't know if this size is common on vintage saws but I doubt. So I think that it would be a big coincidence if you had a screw in this size.

Your thoughts on the inlay work have a lot of truth. Wished I had discussed the problem before doing it! I really don't like to do 2nd class work on a vintage tool. On a new one it doesn't count since it can be repeated but vintage tools are unique. But as you said, it's a tool and the all over restoration went well. On the next one I'll spend some more thoughts on the inlay work before doing it:D.

Cheers
Klaus

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

Klaus -

I've actually got a few screws - I bought an old toolbox at a yardsale, and managed to kludge together three working saws out 4 and a half junkers, and there where some more screws in the bottom of the box. There were three sizes of screws altogether, and figuring out what went were became frustrating when my cat knocked everything off the table . . . But if I remember correctly I had 1/2", 9/16" and 5/8" size . . . I'll measure them out and send you a PM later if I think I have something that would work for you if you're interested. They might be too munged up. You could also probably carefully turn down a 5/8" size.

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Klaus -

I've actually got a few screws - I bought an old toolbox at a yardsale, and managed to kludge together three working saws out 4 and a half junkers, and there where some more screws in the bottom of the box. There were three sizes of screws altogether, and figuring out what went were became frustrating when my cat knocked everything off the table . . . But if I remember correctly I had 1/2", 9/16" and 5/8" size . . . I'll measure them out and send you a PM later if I think I have something that would work for you if you're interested. They might be too munged up. You could also probably carefully turn down a 5/8" size.

Wow, Joshua, I wouldn't have expected that for sure. If you have a 9/16" screw, I'd be happy to purchase it! Looking forward to getting a PM.

Cheers
Klaus