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From the album: John Morris's Hand Tools
My beautiful frame saw I acquired a few months ago, I love this tool. It cuts wonderfully. Did I say it's beautiful! The top horizontal bar is turned to tension the blade. -
Why Saws Have Nib Notches.
Stick486 posted a topic in Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety
found out the why for how come for the nib notch on handsaws... -
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Picked a Craftsman Miter box, for $5 at a barn sale. A bit on the rusty side, seemed to be a home for wayward spiders Lovely, ain't it? Sitting on my Saw Bench, too. Well, I took the saw itself out of the box/base. Took the tote off. Shined up the three bolts. Medallion just says CRAFTSMAN. Sanded the tote a bit to clean it off. Wire brush in the drill press to get rid of the top layers of rust on the plate. Brought the plate back out to the saw bench, hooked up a palm sander and some 220 grit. sanded down to bare.clean metal. Wasn't worried about any etch. Too rusty,
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From the album: John Morris's Hand Tools
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From the album: John Morris's Hand Tools
Pistol grip handle, with the acorn style handle. -
From the album: John Morris's Hand Tools
The image is upside down but the wood bar is turned to create tension on the frame for the blade, note the detailed chip carving in the recessed portion of the tension bar. -
From the album: John Morris's Hand Tools
27.5" long, it has a solid long stroke, the entire blade is usable from the start of the cut to the heel of the saw, I have two other blades with varying TPI. -
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A couple of recent projects I have been working on. The first is a very old Spear and Jackson rip saw with a graduated tooth pattern. This saw is very old with no medallion and split nuts. No etch and the maker mark stamped out n the blade. I need to be on the lookout for a donor saw to replace the missing bolt and nut. The plate is very close to complete but has just a bit of a hook in it. I touched up the teeth a bit and was able to rip hard maple scraps quite nicely with it. I cleaned the blade only lightly on this one to keep the patina more intact. The second saw is an At