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Thread: old hand saws
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7th January 2005, 06:50 PM #1
old hand saws
i have 6 or so of my dads old hand saws,they have surface rust on them.
i was thinkinking of rubbing them back, degreasing them and blueing them with gun blue .
have you gentlemen of wood etiquette heard of this before or have other ideas to clean them up?
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7th January 2005, 07:14 PM #2
saw restoring
I found in the past using the saw cleans them up 6x4" gets the whole blade clean.
Unless of course you are only wanting to displaywoody U.K.
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7th January 2005, 07:21 PM #3
but wont that leave a nasty rust stain on the wood
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7th January 2005, 11:40 PM #4
You may want to look here:
http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/s...saw_clean.html
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7th January 2005, 11:42 PM #5
Old hand saws
Take the handles off, and rub the blades back with fine abrasive paper (about #180) to remove the rust. No point in blueing the blades, it will only wear off with use. Wipe the surface down with a mixture of 50% light oil and 50% kero or turps. Wipe the oil off before use.
Jim
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8th January 2005, 09:14 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Try this link to Norse Woodsmith, he runs through with pics on cleaning up an old atkins Saw http://www.norsewoodsmith.com/index.html
Quite a good web site
Regards
Stephen
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8th January 2005, 09:59 PM #7
guys
i cant thank you enough,it sounds like i have a bit of work to do on a rainy day but looking after your old heirlooms, is something to enjoy
i will post some pics when my wife lets me buy a digital camera