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  0 Thread: Got a sign for my Birthday, today
Post: RE: Got a sign for my Birthday, today
Nice sign Bandit. Good luck with the rules. My Dad used to complain that my brothers and I had taken his tools and not put them back and he couldn't find them (and maybe he was right most of the tim...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 16 8,200 05-23-2019, 05:39 PM
  0 Thread: International Tool Catalog Library
Post: RE: International Tool Catalog Library
Snipe Hunter Wrote: (03-04-2019, 08:31 AM) -- Me too. I've got a 20's or 30's Stanley catalog I'd like to add if needed. -- This is a resurrected old thread, so maybe Mark's not watching after a ye...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 17 9,934 03-04-2019, 09:37 PM
  0 Thread: Hand Drill with Soul!
Post: RE: Hand Drill with Soul!
Somewhere in the world the secret and despised collector of handdrill side handles has boxes and boxes of these handles (along with medallions from saw handles) :mad: .  What a treasure when this hoar...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 9 4,674 10-29-2018, 07:21 AM
  0 Thread: What's a Davenport Saw?
Post: RE: What's a Davenport Saw?
An early English saw.  The name low along the spine, and the dot in "cast (dot) steel" usually indicate 1830s or earlier.  There were a bunch of Davenport sawmakers in the early 1800s, fathers sons (...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 10 6,832 09-03-2018, 07:43 PM
  0 Thread: What is this thing? - Bevel gauge/square
Post: RE: What is this thing? - Bevel gauge/square
Strokes77 Wrote: (11-18-2017, 11:26 AM) -- Found this little contraption the other day.  Haven't seen anything like it before, what is it?   -- I haven't seen one, but you can read all about it in ...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 9 5,577 11-18-2017, 09:11 PM
  0 Thread: Saw Rescue today
Post: RE: Saw Rescue today
Atkins list the Phoenix medallions for sale, (along with AAA medallions and saw scews) in their 1919 catalog, $5.50 a gross for the 1" dia ones. But your saw has the screws in backwards which indicat...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 7 5,293 08-26-2017, 06:23 PM
  0 Thread: Would this be a good machine to polish saw plates?
Post: RE: Would this be a good machine to polish saw pla...
Can't see it working that well on old taper ground saw blades
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 8 6,159 08-04-2017, 07:07 PM
  0 Thread: what would you do? Saw cleanup, reepaint?
Post: RE: what would you do? Saw cleanup, reepaint?
If you strip the paint off the saw handle (which I'd do), I would not use BLO to refinish if the wood is apple. The Simonds backsaws usually had applewood handles, and my experience is BLO soaks in an...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 15 7,706 04-30-2017, 11:29 AM
  0 Thread: what would you do? Saw cleanup, reepaint?
Post: RE: what would you do? Saw cleanup, reepaint?
I'd go ahead and clean up the tool, (but wouldn't be too concerned about that plywood box).  I get much more pleasure from using a tool that I've improved from its as-found condition (but maybe that'...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 15 7,706 04-27-2017, 08:36 AM
  0 Thread: exclusive firewood
Post: RE: exclusive firewood
Why not use   - the wide slot for a thicker plate, (as needed for a compass saw or table saw)   - the crooked slot for left-hand or right-hand offset handle, (wanted by some people who find that mor...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 12 8,730 09-11-2016, 06:33 AM
  0 Thread: Hide Glue Pot assistance sought
Post: Re: Hide Glue Pot assistance sought
There doesn't seem to be any surface coatings on any of my old cast iron glue pots, just rusty pitted iron.[br]/ssl_proxy.php?url=http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/P1030125_zpsnwp6zha...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 6 8,263 06-02-2016, 08:17 AM
  0 Thread: Spear & Jackson 4tpi Rip w PICS
Post: Re: Spear & Jackson 4tpi Rip w PICS
Spear &Jackson were prolific saw producers, 1830s-1980s. [br]Yours looks to to me to be from around the 1880s with its stamped blade (not etched) and its medallion type. [br]Your handle style was ...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 2 4,051 04-02-2016, 06:31 PM
  0 Thread: Hook knives
Post: Re: Hook knives
With that straight handle, couldn't you sharpen both edges, so you can use it lefty or righty ?
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 2 2,414 02-26-2016, 10:46 AM
  0 Thread: Brace Bit Boxes
Post: Re: Brace Bit Boxes
Here's a couple more common styles[br]1. stand the box on end and open the hinged end to expose two tiers of bits[br]2. flat box. top lid opens for one layer of bits, and bottom drawer swings out...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 2 2,295 02-20-2016, 09:16 AM
  0 Thread: Question for Saw Guys
Post: Re: Question for Saw Guys
I don't know who your REMCO is, (there have been several different companies with that name according to Mr Google) [br][br]But your saw handle shape resembles the Disston "Imp", one of the saws Disst...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 2 4,571 11-30-2015, 10:39 PM
  0 Thread: Need some help Id'ing a saw, please
Post: Re: Need some help Id'ing a saw, please
This style Harvey Peace P26 saw continued to be marketed by Disston after they had taken over Peace. Disston's 1918 catalog shows it in their "Special Saws Etched to Order" section, so its not surpris...
 kwigly Woodworking Hand Tools 4 4,740 10-11-2015, 08:29 PM

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