So the good thing that came out of my trip to Ohio was getting to poke around and find a few antique Disston saws.

Started working on the oldest of them today.  This is a 26”, 7 TPI Curved-Back saw.  The curve is similar to a D-8 but the blade isn’t as tall.

Saw is cleaned, straightened, and tensioned.  Waiting on files and a set tool to finish this up and put it back into use.

 

 

Nice,..on my to do list to rehab some of these. What is tensioned? 

https://brfinewoodworking.com/how-to-straighten-and-tension-a-hand-saw/

 

Bob probably gives the best overview of this process.

1 minute ago, StaticLV2 said:

https://brfinewoodworking.com/how-to-straighten-and-tension-a-hand-saw/

 

Bob probably gives the best overview of this process.

 

 

Fantastic...thanks for the link. I will check it out later tonight.   

That guy has a great looking channel on ytube. Lots of stuff there that I find interesting. Thanks again for the link. 

12 minutes ago, StaticLV2 said:

https://brfinewoodworking.com/how-to-straighten-and-tension-a-hand-saw/

 

Bob probably gives the best overview of this process.

 

Great link Static, never knew him or his site, thanks for sharing!

Great find and even better rescue Michael. Looking forward to seeing it make sawdust on that new bench.

So my files and saw set arrived today and I was able to sharpen and set the first saw on the restoration path.

For what it’s worth, I don’t plan on doing that very often.  The sharpening isn’t bad but the setting is a right pain in the backside.

The nice thing about it is that a sharp rip saw goes through 6/4 red oak like nothing. No need to force it or use any pressure, just let the saw do it’s thing.

 Preach it 

On 9/27/2022 at 9:24 PM, StaticLV2 said:

I don’t plan on doing that very often

Thank you. I've got four old, dull Disstons in storage, and want some encouragement to leave the sharpening to others. I'll remove the Chicago screws and handles [Are they called 'handles', or is there a fancy wood-centric term, as we have 'scales' and 'irons' and such ] like you did though, and refinish the wood.

 

My brother's c.1985 20" Buck 9tpi handsaw just received its first ever service. Glad I had it done. It lives to cut another generation. I'll review your linked video and get a little wiggle out of its end.