April 20, 20179 yr Popular Post Did not have much to do on the chisels,,,had a couple old saws, though Last year, I bought three saws for $3....one was a plastic handled Atkins...meh Number 2? Disston/HK Porter "Journeyman" saw. Even had the price tag on it. "etch" was a silk screened thing. Handle is a bit to blocky...soo. Saw #3? Same size, no hanger hole in the plate. Had a slight bend I had to fix. Still looking for an etch. Seemed to be a little older than #2. Still had a blocky handle....had Amazing what a bit of sanding can do. Hardware has been polished up. Plate was removed, cleaned and polished up. Handle was given a "wipe-on, wipe-off" coat of "Brew". Screws were clocked. Saw MIGHT look a bit better, now. Plate is straight. May go back and sharpen those 8ppi teeth, next time. Not too bad?
April 20, 20179 yr I'd say that's a successful restoration, nice job Steve, the handle turned out great!
April 21, 20179 yr Author Popular Post Worked on the second saw for a while, tonight.. Handsome devil, ain't he? 100 grit sandpaper in the palmsander, will shine it right up....got the handle off.. Shined the AL. hardware up. Sanded, rasps, and a file to reshape things...and get rid of that price tag... Looks a bit better? Tried and faike to bring out an etch on the plate.. Wiped this down, sanded it with some 1000 grit paper.....meh, silk screen is gone. Had to stop for the night.....Gulley-washer came through... And...we have a creek running through the shop. rag was full of BLO anyway, one way to keep it safe. maybe tomorrow, I can finish this saw up?
April 21, 20179 yr Author Handle still wasn't dry at noonish today......rubbed it out, anyway. Got out the saw vise, and a file....tried a refresh on the teeth......meh....may just go with a rip cut for the file work. Not enough set for crosscut work.....but, it will do rips a lot smoother than my 5-1/2ppi saw does. Will try to post a few shots of the finished saw, later. I guess the D-8 8ppi crosscut saw is done at the sharpener service. Don't mind the $0.60 per inch on a D-8, but.....$14 on this "new" will take the costs up to the same as a saw at Menards. ~ $16.00, or so. paid a dollar for it last year......
April 22, 20179 yr Author And, it is dry, and teeth worked on... Even the hardware looks a bit better.. Very late model Disston/HK Porter style...
April 27, 20179 yr Yet another great save from the scrap bin. Always enjoy seeing what you find to bring back to life!
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