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23 March 2016 at 8:15 pm #135900
Good job, Eddy. Looks like it needs a little TLC, but I bet it’ll clean up nicely. Guessing 12″ long plate? No maker name anywhere?
26 March 2016 at 3:08 am #135956I don’t need any more saws, but wish I could find a brass back saw. They seem more plentiful there. I’m not sure if it would held with the stamping in the brass back but I know on wooden planes you can put talc/baby powder on the stamp in the wood to better read it.
27 March 2016 at 7:53 pm #136000thanks I may try that but when I get around to clean it I’m sure it will show up,
28 March 2016 at 1:28 pm #136027Nice Find Eddy. A bit of fettling and I’m sure it’ll be brought back to life. Even over here now people are realising that brass backed vintage saws are sought after (do we blame Mr Sellers for that like the Stanley/Bailey Planes?) so the price is creeping up.
I found a lovely old Gentleman’s Dovetail saw going really cheap and thought my luck was in until after reading the description, which said it had no teeth! Sharpening existing teeth is one thing, but I’m too new to woodworking to even attempt to cut a completely new set for a saw.
28 March 2016 at 3:35 pm #136034Nice find, you’re just far enough away from me that I can feel admiration instead of bitterness at a missed opportunity. Most of mine are steel backed and they work well but I’d love to replace them all with brass eventually, that one looks like it’s top quality under the grime.
Matt
28 March 2016 at 3:58 pm #136035I’d like to have a go at re-cutting a full set of teeth as per Pauls excellent video but I haven’t plucked up the courage yet.
28 March 2016 at 4:04 pm #136036How hard could it be to recut them? It looks so easy when Paul does it!!! Interesting how anyone really good at something makes it look so easy!
28 March 2016 at 4:05 pm #136037yes I love bringing old tools back into use I’ve done a couple of tenon saws, each one I do I find I’m getting a little better at it or I find things becoming instinctive which I never thought would happen, I find it very therapeutic de-rusting things.
28 March 2016 at 4:12 pm #136039I’m sure there are no shortage of quality tools in Southampton ,I cant wait for the summer car boot sales to start again tool bargains galore .
28 March 2016 at 4:17 pm #136040it’s a little different doing it than watching it (I’ve got the watching bit down to a tee) now I just need to do more doing I can’t wait to set up my new community workshop where we will have a dedicated tool restoration corner.
It really is as simple re-cutting teeth. More tedious and time consuming than just resharping, but not much harder. If a saw is already got teeth bad enough to needed, you are really not going to do any more harm and most likely end up with something even better than you started with.
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