one of the posts above has several inflammatory/misleading points. Some people hate framing lumber, got it, didn't mean to start a holy war. To clarify, most of the wood is KD, either way I normally...
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one of the posts above has several inflammatory/misleading points. Some people hate framing lumber, got it, didn't mean to start a holy war. To clarify, most of the wood is KD, either way I normally...
slight correction, info not from friend of a friend. Friend A owns the shop, found gum on blades. Friend B brought sappy lumber to Friend A's shop.
A good friend told me that another guy dimensioned some HD framing lumber in his shop and "the sap in the wood gummed up the cutters and caused the wood to have burn marks, had to remove gum with...
Anyone seen lists of books/websites/videos that focus on hand tool only projects? For each project I like to see a picture of finished product, materials/cut list, and high-level step-by-step...
Jim Koepke and others, thanks for all the info. Took a long hard look at the saw, decided to fix rather than cut. Going to look for an anvil or maybe use hardwood block. Will try to post before/after...
Warren Mickley, dunno, Paul Sellers uses the term and loves his shorter crosscut saws, so maybe its a UK thing?
I have a small work area, my sawhorses live outside, so unless I have a lot of boards...
Thanks Jim. I had read the posts on fixing a plate but 1) don't have an anvil, 2) don't have experience fixing kinks so my results would be far below yours i suspect, 3) a friend tried to fix the...
I have a kinked 22" 10 PPI Disston skew back saw, looks to be a 1903-1922 D100 or 1928-ish D-112 or maybe a late D12. Handle is original AFAIK but doesn't match any photos I've seen in the usual...