Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Disston rust . . .
Steve Mackay
>Now that you folks have sucked me into the plane abyss (dark in here !). I scored these at the flea market today. All I remembered was you talking about the medalion so I snatched 'em. How'd I do ? AND whats the next step in the rust department ?
Re: Disston rust . . .
mikew
>The little panel is a sweet score, the other is a little sharpened out. I would reserve it for use as a source for replacement bolts/nuts and make scrapers out of the blade.
To clean them, you can use sandpaper wrapped tightly around a flat block. Use a fairly high grit. It's always easier to go from too high a grit back a notch or two than to create sanding scratches from too low a grit and try to get them out.
If you can easily remove the handle, so much the better.
Take care, Mike
don't necessarily agree
Bill Houghton, sunny today yahoo in Sebastopol, CA
>I've got an Atkins saw, a little shorter than the lower saw in your pic but sharpened down just about as far, that's a great remodel saw (for trimming in tight quarters). If you're going to go berserk and learn to sharpen, this would be a good saw on which to learn sharpening, too.
Re: don't necessarily agree
mikew
>While I don't live in the old tool hell Todd does, saws, better saws, are tools I do find in the wild with frequency. And relatively cheap.
So that be the why of my comment.
Take care, Mike
who will use a recip saw for remodeling in a heartbeat...cuts through nails easier...
Bill . . .
Steve Mackay
>Okee-dokee, You freaks have gotten me this far. How do we learn this one ? I see the saw sets and sharpeners on the bay. How do we procede?
Re: Bill . . .
mikew
>Not Bill...
Sharpening:
http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.html
Saw sets--bronze one for coarse saws, blue for fine-toothed saws:
http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=toolshop&Product_Code=MS-SAWSET.XX&Category_Code=TBBCND
Files from Tootls for Working Wood, LV, LN, or Vintage Saws [follow links for the sharpening.
Take care, Mike
Disston *LINK*
Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>Here's another link
http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/
Re: Disston rust . . .
todd hughes
>Both these saws look pretty bad, like they spent the last 10 years at a bottom of a well.The lower one is sharpened to an inch of it's life. Handles maybe OK but still nothing special. I don't know what you paid but really nice examples of these saws, even in the old tool hell I live in, are easy to find for under $5
...You will be way ahead not to buy saws in this condition in the future I think esp. since nice saws are so common and easy to find...Todd
Re: Disston rust . . .
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native now in Jax Fl.
>Hate to say it Steve, but to a point Todd is right ALTHO-as has been mentioned they are a good source for the hardware, perhpas the handle itsself, AND the steel for scrapers and homemade saws of various types.
Hope you didn't give allot for these, $1 each would of been on the high side. Not matter if you did tho as you'll gaim much valuable knowledge from the saws. Everything from how to clean rusted blades,re-conditioning old handles, sharpening, scraper making, etc, etc. Even if you gave $10 for the pair you'll still come out ahead just by making a few scrapers out of them.
Todd O.
Thats what . . .
Steve Mackay
>we're shoot'n for ! After the "Dumpster find" plane I'm learn'n more here than is probably good for me ! And, yes, $3.00 each ! But I already love 'em !
Re: Thats what . . .
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(
>Ahhhhhhhhh well than Steve at $3 a piece you did fairly well---for a ROOKIE! ;~) Coarse, I don't know how much a old tool hell you live in, which will of coarse drive the price abit.
I once was once haggling with a flea market vendor over a nice Disston one man crosscut that he wanted $50 for, and I offered $30. He wouldn't budge of the price and said "Hey if you don't take it at that price some saw painter will". I don't know what ever happened to that saw, it was in beautiful condition too. Just couldn't bring myself to pay the $50 for it since I already had about 6 of them that I had gotten for between $10-20 each, so $50 to me was unreasonable.
Once you get up a fair number of old saws you'll be more inclined to haggle for $1 each, but 'til then $3 isn't to awfully bad. also, if you're going to become a rust junkie instead of being a new box opener and starting haunting flea markets your haggeling skills will improve in time as well.
Being a flea market rat is a real blast. I go to one almost every Wednesday morning at as close to 6 a.m. as I can get. When I get there, in my mind I can almost hear the colieaphy playing. this is the only flea market that gives me that feeling of " something magical is about to happen" type of feeling. I have many friends there, both sellers and buyers, and I go there for as much for the socializing as I do the rust hunting. Very addicting, so be forewarned.
Not sure I'm aware of the "dumpter find plane". CRS again more than likely.
T.O.