Rehab of a saw

[lowell holmes]

Don't have any broken saws to fiddle with making new handles....
Worth handsaw is rehabbed..
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Even managed to bring out the etch..
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Cuts fast, and straight..
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About 10 strokes to get this far.
8 ppi, 26" long. Brass hardware, WS medallion..with a very small Eagle. Handle was sanded to remove some flaking finish, then a coat of Amber Shellac was brushed on.
Might be a keeper?

Aren't they all keepers?

[Stewie Simpson]

Stewie, can you show us a pic of the completed handle? Nice work!!!

Jerry; will do. The following shows some progress in shaping the new handle.

[lowell holmes]

Lowell; when do we get to see a photo of that new curly maple saw handle.

Stewie;

I will have to go and buy a new camera. My Power Shot is dead and Hurricane Harvey flooded my office and I do not have the capability to make pictures.

[lowell holmes]

I was doing some remembering this morning. Old dogs do that you know.
I actually took my D12 to Circle Saw in Houston Texas and had them re-tooth and sharpen it.
I had made the handle before doing that. That is why the saw is sharp and cuts fast in a straight line.

[steven c newman]

Ok, back to a bit of Rehab for a saw....last year, at the World's longest Yard Sale....I picked a "tool box" size saw....got home and cleaned up.....today, while doing a cleaning of the shop, decided to try a file on that saw..
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Set up the Wentworth No. 1, and got out the toys..
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Turned out, I only needed the file, with the red handle. This will be saw #4 for that file....I did have a spare, if needed..
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Had an overhead light....
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Stamped as a 5-1/2......so I filed it rip..
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Not even sure who made this saw....never seen that bolt pattern before...it does have a bit of set to it, didn't see the need to work on that..
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Apparently, long ago, someone had bent this saw...then decided to shorten it down.

[lowell holmes]

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Stewie you ask to see it. Here is my D12 Disston with the maple handle.
I don't think it compares with your handle.

[Jerry Olexa]

Lowell, nice work on the D12!!! I think restoring/cleaning the blade on the vintage handsaws is one of my biggest challenges.....Good job!!!

[Jerry Olexa]

Stewie, you also do very fine work!!!! Thanks sharing.

[lowell holmes]

I was just in the shop and found a saw I had forgotten. It is a 26" 10 point crosscut
Disston with a curly maple handle and bright gold saw nuts. Old dogs tend to be forgetful,
and I had forgotten it.

I am an incredibly healthy old dog, but I know I will not last forever.
My younger wife should outlive me by 8-10 years and I hate to think how she would dispose
of them. I have three sons, maybe I should leave the tools to them. That will be done after
I'm gone though.

My saws are all restored old Disstons. Any suggestions?

[Stewie Simpson]

Thanks Lowell;

[lowell holmes]

I have two 10 tpi Disstons, one is the D-12 and the other a D-7. They both have curly maple handles.
I went through a period when I was resurrecting old Disston hand saws. As I mentioned before,
I have about 15 of them.

[steven c newman]

Rookie....

these are the ones that don't fit into the Saw Til...
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And the til is full..
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4 panel saws hang on pegs on the side of the til...to Compass Saws hang on the back of the til...

[Jeff Ranck]

Stewie:

This is very helpful to me as I need to make a new handle for a saw I have. The handle is broken and it is one of those things that I've been putting off since I wasn't sure how to go about it.

Jeff.

[steven c newman]

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A few years ago....this showed up at my door...
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Scrounged a piece from another broken saw..
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After a finish was used...
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Took a bit..
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To get it to blend in...

[Stew Denton]

Steven, Lowell, and Stewie,

Nice work on the saws!

Stew