May 16, 20169 yr Took a while, these are a bit more work to do than a simple plane rehab. A few photos of this HUGE saw? About as far as I think I'll go with this saw. Any further down in the tear down would involve too many spring-loaded thingys to fly off into parts unknown.. Gave it a test drive at 90 degrees...yep, still works. That long saw sure takes up a lot of room, though. Cleaned the bolts, and then clocked them. The "STANLEY" needed to have a lot of rust wire wheeled off of it. Got a new( too thick, Grrrr)poplar deck, attached with 12 screws. New bolts to attache the legs. The bar across the top of the guides is some 1/8" thick by 1/2" wide flat bar weld stock. Two new thumbscrews are there to hold the bar in place. Setting numbers have been cleaned off, so I can at least READ them.. may go back and add some paint into the degree scale below them? Now, I need to clean up three other HUGE backsaws. Have one on "soak" cycle now...
May 17, 20169 yr Author BTW: All four of the BIG saws I picked over the weekend, will fit that Stanley Mitre box. All four are Disston No.4 backsaws. Two have etchs that say Disston expressly made that saw for Stanley's Mitre box. One of the three saws was made before the 1927 redesign of the handles. The other two were marked as Warranted Superior. All are 11ppi, 28" long by 5" deep. Apparently, the old owner just kept buying a new saw whenever he felt like he needed one. BTW 2: Owner of the box and saws was in his 90s...... Might just keep this old stanley #358. Might sell the Craftsman 4 x 20 I also have.......AND the two 20" long saws with it.
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