Disston Saw…or not?
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15 January 2015 at 4:17 pm #123563
Hi,
I recently, accidentally (I expected to be outbid) bought a Disston D8 saw from eBay. Well I thought it was a Disston D8, but now I’m not so sure….
The medallion says Disston, and the handle has the right number of screws, in the right places for a D8 and the shape is right.
The problem is the blade. There are no Disston etchings on the blade, nor is there a stamp at the heel with the number of teeth. Like I have on my other Disston saw. The balde is curved along the top edge like Disston D8’s normally are leading me to more confusion.
I can think of two scenarios:
1. The blade was badly rusted and in cleaning the rust up it removed all identifying marks
2. The blade is not original.If the blade was badly rusted and was cleaned would that remove the etching? I wouldn’t think it would remove the teeth stamp as that looks to be quite deep?
Would it be possible that someone, somewhere replaced the blade on it with a non-name brand blade? Is that likely?Anyone any ideas on what might be going on here? Have I bought a lemon?
thanks,
Matt15 January 2015 at 4:26 pm #123564Did someone clean the blade? Yea, they could have removed the etch…or using it can remove the etch. The first saw I got, I removed the etch by cleaning. The tpi stamp..often it is not so clear, or not there. Does the saw work? That’s the most important thing.
15 January 2015 at 9:12 pm #123571Thanks for the responses.
It has a couple of kinks and the tooth edge is concave (presumably from lots of use and re-sharpening) – about an eighth lower in the center compared to the heel and toe.
I’m going to lower the teeth at the back and front, re-cut them to the same depth and then reshape them (some look like rip teeth and some like cross-cut). Hoping it will turn out to be a good little cutter.First time doing any of this, but Paul makes it look soo easy, so it must be! 🙂
Matt
15 January 2015 at 9:46 pm #123573I have a Disston (thought it was a D-23, but not sure now) crosscut that I rehabilitated. When I got it the keystone emblem was barely visible and after de-rusting and sanding the plate, it was gone completely. That was very disappointing. I had wondered if maybe the saw was a newer one (made within last 30-40 years) and if the emblem was not etched, but stamped in ink. Perhaps yours is similar to this one in manufacture.
Funny thing, I took a picture of the emblem before cleaning the plate, but the emblem was very faint and the picture quality was so poor, I can only see that there was the keystone shape – can’t make out the model number.
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