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  0 Thread: Saw Sharpening Advice - Atkins 93
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well - this has gotta be some kind of record - even for me. [br][br]in my old unit, we had a code of conduct that remains with each of us to this day: when one of us screwed up, his act of contrition ...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 14,980 11-01-2013, 08:08 PM
  0 Thread: Saw Sharpening Advice - Atkins 93
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[blockquote]MarvW said:[hr][br] [br]Mark, [br] [br]Looking at a picture of the saw in an Atkins catalog dated 1919, shows the teeth full size with the gullets being about 9/32" deep, as close as I can...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 14,980 10-31-2013, 10:34 AM
  0 Thread: Saw Sharpening Advice - Atkins 93
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice there is. Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut [br] [br]Virtually the whole of society, believes in what they believe not by direct ...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 14,980 10-29-2013, 11:58 AM
  0 Thread: Filing in new teeth on a Disston No.77 no-set.
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this is a little 8" no. 77 ... ca.88-96 - it is "as received". the taper is .021 x .016. - with a plate depth of 2 1/8". [br] .005 total taper would not seem like much until you consider how thin the ...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 16,649 03-23-2012, 10:50 PM
  0 Thread: Filing in new teeth on a Disston No.77 no-set.
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[blockquote]mattsworld said:[hr][br][br]Mike[br][br]Thank you for your response...we have never spoken, but your reputation preceeds you.[br][br]Can I infer that you disagree? I have only a little exp...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 16,649 03-21-2012, 03:43 AM
  0 Thread: Filing in new teeth on a Disston No.77 no-set.
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well daryl, you pretty much stole the thunder. [br] [br]gee - thanks alot /ssl_proxy.php?url=/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowcry.gif [br] [br]anyway - i don't feel bad - really ..... i think we are...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 16,649 03-21-2012, 02:46 AM
  0 Thread: Filing in new teeth on a Disston No.77 no-set.
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<On dry wood, they serve no purpose and in fact can cause tearing due to the edge they put on the gullet. [br] [br]What do you guys think? > [br] [br] hey matt - i must admit that, since i haven...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 16,649 03-20-2012, 02:18 AM
  0 Thread: Filing in new teeth on a Disston No.77 no-set.
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daryl - good questions - you know, i really had not studied the saw too closely ... other than the toothline, as this is where my focus had been. now that i have studied it, there is some question i...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 16,649 03-17-2012, 12:50 AM
  0 Thread: Filing in new teeth on a Disston No.77 no-set.
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hi daryl - beautiful saw and as always, beautiful work. [br]you are very gifted. [br]i believe that your filing of this saw is as it was conceived by disston. [br]i am fortunate to have a few 77's al...
azmica Woodworking Hand Tools 11 16,649 03-15-2012, 03:35 PM

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