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  1. 7th March 2017, 01:35 PM #1
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    Default An interesting Acme 120

    This arrived in the post today and I immediately noticed something odd about it.

    It's an Acme 120 rip saw toothed 5 PPI. The mediallion dates it to 1896-1917. In common with the other ACME's from this time period it's hard, the blade is HRC 56 and couple of teeth are broken because some doofus set it.

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    It also has three holes in the blade.

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    The holes are 0.262" diameter. The handle bolt holes are 0.210" with the exception of one that is also 0.262". Examination of the inner bore of the holes reveals that they are punched, not drilled. The three holes in the blade are in line with each other. Could this be a gauge saw lacking the gauge?
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    I cant think of any other reason for the holes than to fit some sort of depth gauge.
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    I think you and John are on the money with a gauge saw. This is a similar gauge saw that Jim Bode must have had for sale. I got the pic off Google images:

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    While the positioning of the holes is not identical, I think it is close enough to declare that is what you have. Nice pick up. You just need the fence and bolts now.

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    I expect everybody out there is familiar with ACME: No I don't mean the disston saw, I mean the word itself. It was only late last year that I came to realise that ACME was not an acronym as I had previously thought but a word in it's own right.

    It means something that has reached the pinnacle of it's development: In other words the best it can be.

    Which planet have I been on. Sorry, can't tell you that, but I am back on earth but not necessarily down to earth.

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    To support some sort of gauge, I would have expected the holes to be parallel with the tooth line.
    I guess it might still work but the Jim Bode saw has holes the holes parallel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    ACME was not an acronym as I had previously thought but a word in it's own right. It means something that has reached the pinnacle of it's development: In other words the best it can be.
    And here is me thinking that ACME was a brand of equipment used by coyotes to catch roadrunners!
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    It could also have been an improved thread on the saw screws: But it wasn't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    I expect everybody out there is familiar with ACME: No I don't mean the disston saw, I mean the word itself. It was only late last year that I came to realise that ACME was not an acronym as I had previously thought but a word in it's own right.

    It means something that has reached the pinnacle of it's development: In other words the best it can be.

    Which planet have I been on. Sorry, can't tell you that, but I am back on earth but not necessarily down to earth.

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