keyhole saws
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have an old diston style keyhole saw of my late father’s and it has a considerably different tooth patter from a rip or cross cut picture 1. did these saws have a certain pattern? or was this just a bad sharpening in it’s life? and while i’m at it in picture 2 i know i’ve seen one of these in my life but cannot remember what it is called or what it is used for…anyone know? it’s made out of steel.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.22 April 2018 at 5:39 am #530997The keyhole saw ( more likely a compass saw) just needs some love to get it back into shape. They usually have lots of set, also, so they don’t bind cutting circles. They came in both rip and crosscut versions. Many carpenters had both to cut a full circle.
The mystery tool is a rivet tool.
The hole goes over the rivet shank to set a close tolerance washer ( leather workers call it a burr, boatbuilders call it a rove)
Then you clip of excess length, peen it, and use the depression to round the end of the peened.
I just ordered one ( Tandy) but Chris Swartz shows hor to rivet without it.
https://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/rivet-furniture-parts-together- This reply was modified 6 years ago by Larry Geib.
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