November 5, 20169 yr These tools are a couple of many that are on the wall in my dad's garage. Can you identify what they are? I do know what they are, but I wanted to test the rest of you guys Edited November 21, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston tags added
November 5, 20169 yr The pulley thingy...not sure, looks like it was driven into a board As for the first item.....Used to "joint" a saw's teeth. Where the bolt is..a file would sit there. Then you would run the file down the tops of the teeth. Nice double bit axe to one side... I installed a file in mine.
November 6, 20169 yr Not gospel and I cant even remember the exact name of the "pulley item", but I did come across an internet article on crosscut sawing not so long ago where I saw an action shot of a similar one. As I understand it, the pulley is made to roll along the spine of a large crosscut saw to assist in keeping the saw in the cut throughout the curve of the saw teeth, although I thought that the one I saw used a spring for some tension against the blade. Sorry for such a vague explanation. I will see if I have anything in my search history to locate the site where I saw that that saw!
November 6, 20169 yr I did a little more digging and believe that what you have there is a mechanical underbuck. If that is so, it was used to undercut logs with a one or two man crosscut saw. It appears that the device would be driven into place and the saw back would run in one of the grooves on the roller with the teeth facing up. It would help fight gravity and keep the saw in place when cross cutting the underside of a log. I found the information in the publication linked below on page 71. http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf06672805/ch05.pdf Edited November 6, 20169 yr by Bundoman
November 6, 20169 yr Author You guys are right on! Steven - that is a file guide for filing cross cut saws Bundoman - right on. It is an undercut tool when they had to put an undercut into a tree when bucking it into log lengths back in the crosscut saw days
March 4, 20179 yr Steve, I have what appears to be an identical screwdriver to the one pictured. The one I have may be a bit larger, and it sure is heavy for a screwdriver. Edited March 4, 20179 yr by It Was Al B
March 5, 20179 yr there's a bunch of info about that style of screwdriver over on http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php check for "perfect handle" and similar. seem to recall my dad had one, but don't know what ever happened to it.
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