August 14, 201213 yr A Barn sale find, for only $.50.    Red handle. Blade is about 14" long.    Blade is an 8ppi, rip saw.  Three steel bolts with a steel plate to hold them.  Red handle has a silver Bugle stamped into it.   There WAS some other lettering on the handle, most is gone.    Not sure whether this is a Child's Tool Box saw of some sort?   I intend to try and rehab this back into something my Grandson could use.  Might take awhile though...Heading out to the bench now, to sand the "H" out of all that rustiness.   Anyone have a clue as to what brand this was???? 'and may the road raise up to meet ye'
August 15, 201213 yr Author  Can't get them bolts to budge, without tearing up the slots.  Clean in place, i guess.   Seems to be a Children's Toolbox sort of tool.  Like the old Handy Andy sets.  This thing will cut wood right now, without my trying to sharpen it. I shine up the metal plate, and the bolts, clean the saw plate, and find some Bright RED paint for the handle.    Maybe some Enamel?   I don't think Rustoleum will work on wood handles.... 'and may the road raise up to meet ye'
August 16, 201213 yr what's the other side like? and looks old enough it wasn't a kids saw. try some wd40 and maybe a little heat on them bolts, you can always use the old handle for a pattern on a new one. I'd go for the electric rust removal to see what you got. 50 was a bit steep. Â
August 16, 201213 yr Author  been hitting them bolts with PB Blaster, got one bolt to spin, but not loosen up.   Handle is pretty soaked in the stuff.    Handle is a might small for my hand, as well.    Other side of the handle does not have a metal plate, just bare wood.   Can't quite get my vise grips to snag a bolt, also afraid I might snap a bolt, rather than loosen it.  That would be a buummmmerrrr!   About every three or four teeth, they set a tooth so hard, it made a dent-like bump in the teeth line.    Might try to "un-set" them.  We'll see how it goes.....'and may the road raise up to meet ye'
August 16, 201213 yr Author  Made a little progress the other day, very little. It had to share time with a handplane that came in.   Anyway, a couple more pictures, just to show some progress was made...Snaggle-tooth!  This is the "A" side...and the "B" side. Still haven't got a single bolt to loosen up, although two will spin around.    I'll just let them be, don't want to break them....and a close-up of the plate.     When I first got this saw, out at the toe there looked like a "cream", or a "White" stripe, about an inch wide.  Maybe replicate that feature?    Red handle, but what to paint the bolts, and that plate? 'and may the road raise up to meet ye'
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