Thread: Is anyone in Australia making panel saws?

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

Here's one that could be worth a closer look and some questions asked about:
VINTAGE 6 TPI SLACK SELLERS SAW 660mm Long | eBay

Things like:
Is the blade straight
Any pitting on the blade
Any teeth missing
Any cracks in the handle
etc

At 6TPI it is hardly a panel saw but if it comes cheap and is in good nick then re-toothing is a cheap option.
Cheers
SG

Thanks Scribbly, I'm on it!

pete

I picked up a nice spear and jackson one for two dollars at an op shop. The bloke in charge warned me that it might need sharpening!
Cheers,
Jim

So if I do manage to pick up one of these older saws, I can guess I'll need to sharpen and set the teeth - but what other procedures/products do you use to clean up the blade, assuming there's no (or minor) rust pitting? Is it just a fine grade abrasive paper or sanding block, or is there a chemical agent as well? Fixing or replacing the handles is basic woodwork, so shouldn't pose too many problems - but are there tools to remove the nuts/screws/bolts holding the handles on or are basic tools sufficient?

Originally Posted by waveink

So if I do manage to pick up one of these older saws, I can guess I'll need to sharpen and set the teeth - but what other procedures/products do you use to clean up the blade, assuming there's no (or minor) rust pitting? Is it just a fine grade abrasive paper or sanding block, or is there a chemical agent as well? Fixing or replacing the handles is basic woodwork, so shouldn't pose too many problems - but are there tools to remove the nuts/screws/bolts holding the handles on or are basic tools sufficient?

Yes and Yes - and restoring is quite simple - check my blog for a few I've done. I also have about three Disston panel saws in the garage right now I'm restoring so PM me if interested in buying one of those, I think they might end up quite decent saws.

Cheers
Andrew

Originally Posted by andrewr79

Yes and Yes - and restoring is quite simple - check my blog for a few I've done. I also have about three Disston panel saws in the garage right now I'm restoring so PM me if interested in buying one of those, I think they might end up quite decent saws.

Cheers
Andrew

Hi Andrew,

yes, I'd love to check out your blog - can you give me a link? As for the panel saws you're working on, what are they? Rip or crosscut and what tpi? And yes, I'd be interested.

Blog is Andrew's Woodwork Blog | A beginner's journey into woodwork, click on the restoring tools link on the right and you should see the saws.

I'll go down later and see what's there, as far as I know panel saws were only ever made as crosscut (someone correct me?) and I'll do a TPI count. PM me your email address andI'll send you a few pics.

The search for a saw for waveink combined with a bit of recent soul searching about trying to be a woodworker rather than a tool (or is that rust) collector resulted in the following pile of saws that will be looking for new homes in the coming weeks.

I kept the ones in the second picture, plus a couple of hacksaws.

Woodink, There's about 4 panel saws in there, maybe 5. Let me know what you are interested in looking at more closely and those will get seperate pics sent through email.

The wooden handles one on the pegboard - is it a known brand name? It looks good - what's it's length and tpi? I'm looking for one at about 7 tpi and another at about 12 - aiming for around 21-23 inches in blade length and hopefully a good name like Disston, Peace, Kenyon, or something out of Sheffield.

thanks for digging these out Andrew

pete

The ones on the pegboard are my keepers sorry, they were just there to show you what you'd made me trim down to, plus to show you what they looked like after restore. The brown one I'm actually not sure of brand anyway, but it's a fine saw regardless, a 6TPI crosscut.

The ones in the pile should all be Disston I think, and they are all in similar condition to the brown one before I restored it. I think the one 5th from left (including blades) should come up nice for you if you like the look of it. I'm not positive which maker it is, but the blade and handle are sound and the steel good.

If you can wait until the weekend I'll give the rest of the panel saws a cleanup, email you close up pics and let you decide then. Much easier to choose when you can see what they look like after rather than before!