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i'm sure some of you already know what this is...i couldn't believe it when i found it sitting there waiting to be junked.
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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...
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A Disston D-23 needed a refrsh of it's teeth. Has 6ppi. Picked the shop last spring....FREE. Bought a new file to try out. Stanley 6" Extra slim taper file..$5.99+tax. Dug up a few pieces of wood to make the saw vise's jaws had to notch them to fit around the saw's handle. handle won't fit in the vise, plate is tto wide back there. C clamp to hold things still...adapted the file handle to hold the new file ( tang was a bit too long) and started off down the line of all them teeth. 6 x 26"= aLOT of teeth to file. Got a bit closer to the bench vise, things were vibrating a bit...another c clamp was added And we are off! Until I got to the end of those jaws. Mountain Dew Break! Came back, and fought with the jaws to move everything BACK into the bench vise. Had to add a couple pieces out on the end.. Found out I can keep the file's teeth clean by just wiping the file on the leg of my jeans. File was run at a 90 degree to the plate, tipped the file forward just a hair. 4 strokes acoss each tooth. Had to stone the right hand side of the plate, too. Found out there was a bit too much set on that side. ( burrs, maybe?) gave the saw a test drive....first ones not so good. Stoned off the burrs, waxed the plate....still wanted to follow the grain's curves...Ok, got that stuff fixed, and tried a third time.. I marked a line to try to follow. Normally, it would be a knife-wall. Cuts fairly well. Tried in some curly maple.....board's kerf would close up onto the saw plate, causing it to bind. Might use a different saw for maple. Next up....I have a Disston No.7, 7ppi to work over. I think I will go out and get a better set of "jaws" first, better using the file again. Royal PITA to shift everything around. Full length jaws would work a bit better.
