Length for Panel (Hand) Saw? (Backless)

[Stew Denton]

Jim,

I went back and read the post that your link went to. Good job on leveling the saw bench. As you are saying, it would also be a good way for my next saw horses to end up just the right height.

Stew

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

Apparently several of us must like D-8s, I think they are good saws. I think that is why Disston sold so many of them. The first saw I ever bought was a D-8, and that was about 45 years ago. It was one of the ones from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. I restored it, and use it to this very day. It is a 26" 8 point like the first one you list. I think there are tons of that very saw around.

Regards,

Stew

[steven c newman]

One of the very first jobs we did at a new jobsite...besides the stairs to the job trailer...was to take a couple 2 x 4s, and some scarps of 3/4" plywood, and build the saw horses for the site...wasn't anything fancy..7 pieces of 2x4, and a couple trapezoids of plywood....handful of drywall screws. End of the job, in the dumpster they went....they had been well chewed up, by then.

[lowell holmes]

I normally use a saw bench and place a knee on the board.

https://www.google.com/search?q=usin...hrome&ie=UTF-8

I made the Popular Woodworking bench.

[lowell holmes]

Check this site.

http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/

[steven c newman]

Dungeon saw til, after.JPG
Might have a few saws in the shop...Disston, Atkins, and a Richardson Bros.

[steven c newman]

Hmmm..
family saws.jpg4 saws.jpgshorty saw.jpg
Front to rear: D-8, D-8. D-100, D-115.....D-8 Panel saw is 10ppi, the full sized D-8 behind it is 26" long. 8ppi....

[Mike Brady]

A true panel saw is not only shorter than a standard saw, but the handle is also smaller. When you cut down a full saw to panel size the handle will be out of proportion and the teeth may run right into the handle if it has more than an 1-1/2 of the plate depth filed away by sharpening. I agree that the ideal bench saw is the half-back model. It is short but the plate is quite deep. Wenzloff made one for me years ago.

[Jerry Olexa]

I prefer 26" saws, but I don't use them that often. I have Disstons including a D12.
One came to me with only a piece of handle and I made a new one.

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Nice job on the handle, Lowell!!! Well done.

[steven c newman]

IF you will note in the above saw photos...the difference between the 2 D-8? Panel saws by Disston had one less bolt. Because the Panel saw handles were smaller than the full size saw handles.

The D-8 Panel saw I have, has the 8 inside the D, no hyphen. The full size D-8 is post 1928. 26" long, 8 ppi.

[steven c newman]

Tested out a "No-Name" saw this morning...
Saw vise rehab, panel saw.JPG
21-1/2" long tooth line, 8ppi, wrong bolts. straight back...test piece was a bit nasty..
Saw Vise rehab, bad lumber.JPG
With the goal of splitting that line...made a lot of saw dust...
Saw Vise rehab, saw test.JPG
Just ran the saw ...
Saw Vise rehab, test cut.JPG
Seemed to do ..ok...
Saw Vise rehab, straight cuts.JPG
Cuts fast and straight, as long as the operator knows what he is doing...
Might just keep this panel saw around, and save the 10ppi, 20" Disston D8 ( no hyphen) for finer jobs...