Posted elsewhere, but I thought it'd be ok here too as there was another thread on saws that got me moving on this....
I'd got this saw some time ago, not in too bad shape, but certainly blunt and dirty..
I had to do a bit of reading and googling to get info on resharpening the teeth (apparently a "great American pattern").. Quite a few interesting videos and scans of old saw sharpening books out there..
I took it apart for cleaning up and getting the rust off the blade and the remains of the varnish off the handles..
I cant find a match for the medallion, but I think it is American..
Here it is cleaned and rebuilt...
teeth sharpened:
And finally in use... Seemed to cut ok, I need to move the handle to the far end and get one of the boys on the other end to see how it is as a two person saw, but so far so good...
and now I can move onto the next project......
I'd got this saw some time ago, not in too bad shape, but certainly blunt and dirty..
I had to do a bit of reading and googling to get info on resharpening the teeth (apparently a "great American pattern").. Quite a few interesting videos and scans of old saw sharpening books out there..
I took it apart for cleaning up and getting the rust off the blade and the remains of the varnish off the handles..
I cant find a match for the medallion, but I think it is American..
Here it is cleaned and rebuilt...
teeth sharpened:
And finally in use... Seemed to cut ok, I need to move the handle to the far end and get one of the boys on the other end to see how it is as a two person saw, but so far so good...
and now I can move onto the next project......