A $5 saw for the shop

[steven c newman]

Picked this up today293284 Barn Sale find, seemed to have been a Home for Wayward Spiders. Saw IS still sharp. Back rollers are a bit sticky, will need to clean them up. Saw is a 22" Kromedge Satin Cut. Saw bolts used a square drive screwdriver . Everything seems to work, just a clean up is maybe needed. Swivel work smoothly, too. Might be worth the fiver I spent293285Spent more for that Dunlap/Sargent plane than the saw....

Had one loose bolt under the bed. Nothing bent, or broken, all parts seeem to be there. Saw is straight, no bends. It was either this, or a $75 RAS.....:eek:

[Bill Houghton]

Not bad. Not bad at all.

[steven c newman]

A few more views with a steadier hand on the camera-ooskaya293327 had to find a spot big enough to set it down on293328not too bad293329turntable works pretty good,too293330down at the bottom of that rod, there is a pointer of sorts, not sure what it is for...

[george wilson]

Individual degrees. You should grow roses. There must be a ton of rust in your ground!!:)

[steven c newman]

and.all clean and shiny293409the saw part. Medallion just says "CRAFTSMAN"293410the base unit. Had to evict a few spiders, and destroy the nests293411and all back together. I guessing I need a few rubber "O" rings on the white rollers? Everything seems to work as intended. Just a $5 saw....

[george wilson]

I must say,that saw and the miter box look better than I thought they would!! Roses like iron. Gardeners will put nails in the ground where they grow.

[steven c newman]

Set it up for a test drive293465I spent more on the square than the saw. It is a nice day outside on the back patio, so a few boards were molested, AFTER I remembered to "lube" the saw blade293466Where else but on a saw bench? Wood is some oak I am trying to mill down Needed a bit trimmed off the end293467Seems to work..ok. Tried a wider board293468Had to move the clamp a bit. results were a glass like finish, except for the last little bit at the bottom. A few Hairs ain't that bad.. For a $5 saw...

[george wilson]

Lay the good board over a sacrificial piece underneath to avoid tearing as the saw emerges under the board you're sawing.

[Steve Bates]

Thanks, George, for the tip. I've got the same miter box and saw. The O rings degrade with time. I don't use it much, but it works fine. Bought it new, much more than a $5.00 bill many years ago.

[steven c newman]

Would you happen to remember the sizes of those "O" rings? Only have a couple left on the saw. I might be able to get a few at Autozone next weekend....Doubt if Sears still sells them, and don't want to pay THEIR shipping price...

[William Adams]

Nowhere near as nice, but I arrange Popsicle sticks across the bottom of my miter box (I have to snap them off to make them fit snugly) --- before a cut I swap them around until a clean/uncut one is beneath the cut --- once they're all cut up I replace them.