Thread: Saw Report 5

The table saw, as Paul said, came from Michael Merlo. It wasn't jumped on like pretty much everything else he rehabs ... so at about $50 I couldn't help but put my hand up for it.

It is 15ppi and zero set ... and filed with sloped gullets.

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The boxed saw was a Simonds from a private seller. I didn't realise how nicely he had packaged it until it arrived here ... so I sent a belated message to say thanks for the effort.

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Some other items ... some ball-peins and other tools ...

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Bulk lot of socket chisels ... Stanley, Witherby, Fulton, Union ...

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Some carving chisels ... and a bronze (?) chisel ... presumably something to do with mining???

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a couple cleaned up a bit on the wire wheel ...

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and some books ...

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A treasure trove to be certain.

Your brass chisel may be intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. At work we use a similar metal in our hydrogen environments. The tools are made from Birilium or at least an alloy that has birilium in it. Spanners and shifters in particular as they do not create a spark when hit or scraped.

Regards
Paul

Something I forgot to mention about the birilium tools is that they look just like brass. In fact we refer to them as brass. They may not have any brass in them and I believe they are extemely expensive and nowhere near as robust as steel. I do wonder how a chisel would go as far as holding an edge.

I don't think we are about to see a bronze age revival, but it is different .

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Something I forgot to mention about the birilium tools is that they look just like brass. In fact we refer to them as brass. They may not have any brass in them and I believe they are extemely expensive and nowhere near as robust as steel. I do wonder how a chisel would go as far as holding an edge.

I don't think we are about to see a bronze age revival, but it is different .

Regards
Paul

Somewhere in the nonmagnetic anomaly section of he back shed I have a packers axe (blade,hammer head and nail puller/pry in brass/bronze/beryllium. Picked up in the late 70's at a garage sale in Rosehill about mile from the Shell depot and it has the shell cast into the face.

I knew what it was at the time so picked it up as a reminder of my work times in the 60's in the area

Neil

A passing point about rust, fwiw ... I am in Perth about 20km inland from the coast.

I've left a backsaw on the back patio for something like 6 months ... sitting on a folded towel/rag.
The face up and face down sides look like ...

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At the same time the chest I mini-rehabbed and re-purposed has been out there too ... and ...

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Looks like that "tin-foiling" around the interior does a pretty damn fine job of stabilising the atmosphere inside.
I did check on it quite often ... at first ... and sprayed some WD40 around the base inside because it smells nice.
I don't know if it could help capture any moisture ... ?
But anyway ... fwiw.

Paul

Paul

Clearly that worked very well: The chest not the towel .

I noticed a couple of scabbards (leather?) in amongst the goodies. Did those saws come with that, did you get them made and is there anything special inside?

I think it is a shame you are on the other side of the desert (or perhaps it's just as well ) as there looks like a whole lot we could discuss at extraordinary length .

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

I noticed a couple of scabbards (leather?) in amongst the goodies. Did those saws come with that, did you get them made and is there anything special inside?

Surprisingly for my recent level of performance I found the previous reference ... https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...68#post1734368

It was an auction on ebay in Qld with two rubbish saws ... so I won it and asked for the leather only.

Two #61s in there now ...

I think it is a shame you are on the other side of the desert (or perhaps it's just as well ) as there looks like a whole lot we could discuss at extraordinary length .

and manage to bore anyone else within a 100m radius.

When a box arrives, sorting through and disposing of the packaging is part of the fun ... that's what lead to the arrangement of blades precariously purchased on top of the box.

I then did a second scan through while putting them back into the box - in order to avoid immediate garrotting from the boss.

I picked these three as looking interesting and needing a clean before any ID could be made.
In the end it actually only took about 3-5 minutes each to reveal the crucial features.

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Brittain Hoole & Co ... referenced at 1834 (according to Ray's backsaw.net checklist of saw-makers)

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A Henry Disston saw from late 1840s/early 1850s ...

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and an early-ish Disston #107

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Originally Posted by pmcgee

Surprisingly for my recent level of performance I found the previous reference ... https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...68#post1734368

It was an auction on ebay in Qld with two rubbish saws ... so I won it and asked for the leather only.

Two #61s in there now ...


and manage to bore anyone else within a 100m radius.

Ooooh! So envious.

BTW in that listing the gorgeous No.12 after being passed in initially, sold for US$636 at the second attempt.

Regards
Paul

Quite a difference to the #107 I already had ... one of my earliest buys ...

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Took a while ... --> Beardshaw & Son

This blog site says from 1819 onwards. I'm guessing at 1840s-60s for this one.
Some saws would have three crowns spaced around the makers mark but I don't see any on this one now.
Not sure what time period the crowns relate to.

http://beardshaw.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.backsaw.net/index.php?opt...read.php&t=523

http://www.wkfinetools.com/huk/beard...shaw-index.asp

S&J blade ... 1850-1900 (?) ... with a well-copied 1850/60 (?) style handle.

I don't know what this wood is ... but they have done quite a job in copying an original handle.

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and an american saw ... with what I *think* is an original handle ... somewhat similar wood ...

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We can make out a "22" (model #) and "CAST STEEL" easily ... but there was a makers name arched above that which might have an "ELLIOTT" ???

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