March 28, 20233 yr Popular Post Have noticed over the past week or so....vise on the end of my bench was getting a bit of the wobbles.....seems a couple screws into the end of the bench have stripped out, yet again....rather than tear the bench apart....decided on something else...Still had a chunk of 1 x 6 Ash.....cut and ripped it to close to size....but it was a tad too thick...we have ways Set this up...blade all the way up, still did not meet up in the center of the board...D8 Rip saw finished the job.. That just might work. Not sure about the thin piece, yet...Had to remove the sliding part of the vise..to drill and counter sink a few holes... There are no holes in the middle, as the steel jaw of the vise is there...Before I installed the moving part of the vise...a drop of 3in1 oil on the rods and the threads...works with just one finger, now.. Tried out a different vise.. Wentworth No. 1.....and it's 2 x stand....checking that this stays put...got a spotlight at the ready, too... Because there are some tiny teeth involved here... Saw is a Jackson 12", 14ppi (yes, I counted) Backsaw...and in the time it took to write this blurb up.... Saw file is back there in the tool tray...saw has been test driven....no binding observed...ready to go back to work... One vise is fixed..the other in use....while trying to get things sharpened and put away... Stay tuned...
March 28, 20233 yr Popular Post Learned how to hand sharpen saws with a smaller version of that vise.
March 28, 20233 yr Author I do have a #3 sitting over on a shelf....but it won't clamp to my bench.....
March 29, 20233 yr Author The No.3 (Disston?) All closed up...needs a bit of work to open it up.. Hoping I have that lever set up right...as for No.1? Was a bit busy, today....Had to set the saw in this way...locking handle was hitting the saw handle before things were tightened up.. Did not take all that long, before.. . All done....5 teeth per inch x 26"? Whereas the D8 is more of a finesse Rip saw at 5-1/2 ppi...this saw is more of a chainsaw at 5ppi.. Them's some BIG teeth, right there.... There is the remains of an etch..but it is not a Disston one. Medallion says it is a Warranted Superior, Patented in DEC 1887....hmmm...
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