Thread: .... but it works

Looks like some "Not happy Jan" 12yo was told to take this file and sharpen Daddy's saw.

Have you done saws with the electrickery before?
I haven't, but I think I have some that were ... the blade's are a dull matte (... ummmm ... as opposed to the other type of matte.)

There might be an etch under that rust, if you are interested ... in which case it might be worth a WD40 and sandpaper exploration in the middle lefthand area. I suspect electrolysis might kill an etch if it is there ... ??

I'm happy for you to do the experiment for me ...

Cheers,
Paul

You'd have an arm like a boned eel if you had to use that for any amount of time.

In the spirit of the thread, I have a 3mm Berg chisel sharpened sideways, ie, across its width. It works just fine and I don't want to shorten it by 'fixing' it but I don't know what the point was.

Originally Posted by Clinton1

I'm sure we have all found tools that have been 'modified' to work better, or for a different purpose.
Tools that confound us with the logic behind the deliberate modifications.

Whatcha found?

Here is my latest, a 'nearly unused' Disston 4TPI Rip saw, about to go in the electrolysis 'bin' and then get gun blued and refiled/sharpened.

Teeth carefully re-set to crosscut, and every second tooth carefuly refiled. So, 1/2 the teeth are rip, but set to 4tpi x-cut, the other 1/2 of the teeth are filed and set to something like x-cut. ?

Hard to get started, but when it does (in all its rusted glory) it cuts fast, and leaves a 5-6mm kerf.

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Minimal - zero set normally works for ye olde worlde Disston rippers, so God only knows what possessed him/her to re-sharpen with such a confused set-up and soul destroying kerf width.

My son-in-law tried to "help" me once - while I was away on holiday - by re-sharpening an old set of my grandfather's Ward chisels I had stashed to one side awaiting restoration in my shed. He somehow decided to double bevel the lot so I was basically left with a set of thin bladed wooden handled cast steel cold chisels and a very red eared - almost ex - son-in-law.

My son-in-law tried to "help" me once

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I was basically left with a set of thin bladed wooden handled cast steel cold chisels and a very red eared - almost ex - son-in-law.

Funny.... I still hear the rage.
(Are you sure he intended to 'help you', or did he have a $5 bet with your daughter that he could make you explode?)

Another one... No8 size Stanley plane blade, carefully, and thoughtfully, cambered on an oil stone (by carefully hollowing the corners of the blade, on the back of the blade )

Originally Posted by Clinton1

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Funny.... I still hear the rage.
(Are you sure he intended to 'help you', or did he have a $5 bet with your daughter that he could make you explode?)

Another one... No8 size Stanley plane blade, carefully, and thoughtfully, cambered on an oil stone (by carefully hollowing the corners of the blade, on the back of the blade )

The resulting screams were unearthly, but he soon recovered movement of his limbs.

My youngest daughter would tend to do that (She suffers from NTANOD (Never take any notice of dad) syndrome) and is serving a lifetime ban from going anywhere near tools and sheds.

Originally Posted by Clinton1

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Another one... No8 size Stanley plane blade, carefully, and thoughtfully, cambered on an oil stone (by carefully hollowing the corners of the blade, on the back of the blade )

Years and Years ago prior to the internet and this forum I would not have know what this meant. Now I am able to chuckle and wonder if this works.

Does it work?
Kinda, depending, sorta.

I prefer to think that the person that did this was trying to make the plane easier to push.
Can you work that one out?