Having finally got hold of a couple of one man crosscut logging saws i thought id take some pics of the first restoration as i did it. This is the first time I've attempted this so have been trawling the web and youtube for guidance. After watching many vids from the likes of wranglerstar and old sneelock I dove straight in.
These are the two saws i bought last week
One not too bad and the other completely rusted. I started with the most corroded one to "practice" on...
Rust a go go!
First job was to remove the handle...
Then go at the sides with 100qrit paper and an oil stone soaked in parafin.
Care must be taken to avoid the teeth as you can ruin the 'set'..
After many hours of rubbing and polishing all that is left is a bit of minor pitting (almost cant feel it) and discolouration
The saw seemed to be nice and straight with no cracks, no obvious makers mark or stamp though.
Next thing was to clean up the teeth and gullets, then sharpen. This tooth pattern is called "great american".
Unsharpened teeth
Cleaned and filed...
The set seemed ok, but i went over with a setting pliers to make sure it was consistent.
note all the swarf from filing.
a quick paint job on the handle and buff of the screws and its off to the log pile...
Im by no means any other than a complete amateur at this but i think she turned out nice....
Apparently the loggers used to name their saws so ill have to think of something appropriate for this old lady.
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These are the two saws i bought last week
One not too bad and the other completely rusted. I started with the most corroded one to "practice" on...
Rust a go go!
First job was to remove the handle...
Then go at the sides with 100qrit paper and an oil stone soaked in parafin.
Care must be taken to avoid the teeth as you can ruin the 'set'..
After many hours of rubbing and polishing all that is left is a bit of minor pitting (almost cant feel it) and discolouration
The saw seemed to be nice and straight with no cracks, no obvious makers mark or stamp though.
Next thing was to clean up the teeth and gullets, then sharpen. This tooth pattern is called "great american".
Unsharpened teeth
Cleaned and filed...
The set seemed ok, but i went over with a setting pliers to make sure it was consistent.
Im by no means any other than a complete amateur at this but i think she turned out nice....
Apparently the loggers used to name their saws so ill have to think of something appropriate for this old lady.
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