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10th September 2007, 10:58 PM #1Senior Member
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polished saw
does any one khow how to polish a hand saw
i am restoring an oldy and want to have a highly polished saw
also any ideas what to put on the handle?
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11th September 2007, 12:19 AM #2
Heres a couple of links
http://www.wkfinetools.com/tRestore/...lade/index.asp
http://www.norsewoodsmith.com/ww/stairsaw/saws.htm
As far as finishing handles goes Bob Smalser has a good finishing system for chisel handles which I used on my handsaws.Just do a search on the forum ,I think it was tool handles or chisel handles .He also uses Birchwood Casey Truoil which is a gunstock finish sold in gun shops.
I use cleaning vinegar ,available from the super market for getting rust off .Its also good for sharpening files and rasps.
Kev.
EDIT .
I just found this thread , I used the method on two saw handles that Bob L posted in this thread and I extremely pleased with the out come ."Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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11th September 2007, 12:34 AM #3
Aside from appearance and preservation, there's an additional benefit of polishing the blade of a hand saw: When cross-cutting, observe the reflection of the edge on your side of the cut. Try to keep the reflected image in line with the edge on the other side of the blade. Deviations in the reflected image are double the actual deviation from square, and keeping the edge images in line assists in making the cut square.
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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11th September 2007, 10:02 PM #41/16"
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Joe,
My grandfather told me to keep my saw blades shiny for the same reason and used it to cut a 45 deg without a mitre box by sighting the reflection until it made 90 deg which meant the saw was at 45 degDon't force it, use a bigger hammer.
Timber is what you use. Wood is what you burn.
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13th September 2007, 10:29 PM #5
I forgot to add the link DUH!
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...t=tool+handles"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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17th September 2007, 10:56 PM #6Senior Member
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thanks for all your replies will post before and after pics when i get some time
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