August 27, 20178 yr Popular Post On a road trip....stopped at one sale.....Bought a handsaw for a buck-fifty.. Weird handle, ugly paint job....Left handed saw? As this is the "back"....? My son picked up a Fox Fire riding coat..$80 coat for $10.. Got this "Treasure" home, took the handle off, and cleaned the brass.. Fancy medallion? THREE sets of holes? Phoenix, Patented, Trade ( bird) Mark, Warranted. Hardware matched the holes in the handle Left handed saw? Took the plate to the shop....paint stripper was a wire wheel and a belt sander... Had the remove a bow to the plate, and a kink or two.....plate is now straight, just needs the 8ppi teeth sharpened. Put the saw back together, and then outside to "sun" itself... Non-medallion side ( left handed saw ?) Medallion side. 26" 8 point, crosscut saw. Medallion is by Atkins. Plate is known as a skew back. Three finger grip, with the index finger along the side as a pointer. VERY comfy handle. $1.50? Looks better than when it was all painted up....
August 27, 20178 yr Author Found a Minty Disston D-8 one time...covered in paint Tried the spray on stripper...meh, takes too long.... This was just wire wheel on the grinder....then a beltsander to hog the paint off to bare metal. Palm sander with 150, then 220grit...to polish things up. Then a wipe on coat of 3in1 oil on the steel....to keep them rust bunnies away. Took about an afternoon...maybe?
August 29, 20178 yr I have stripped one or two and like finding them that way because the "beautiful" paint serms to keep the rust at bay! Nice work! Edited August 29, 20178 yr by Bundoman
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