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2nd March 2016, 06:39 PM #91
Simonds 1910 (approx) Carpenters Guide
Ok so on to the 1910 Carpenters Guide, which as I mentioned is an approximation for the date and based on the Blue Ribbon saws not appearing until the 1912 catalogue. So it could be anytime between 1907 and 1911.
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Some points to note are that the No.10 1/2 skewback does not feature (and it is not in the 1907 catalogue but it does appear in the 1910 catalogue so that could point to an earlier date than 1910), the joiners saw is there (which was a subject of some discussion a while back on the Ebay droppings thread. There was a deal of conjecture as to what it was actually used for) and interesting that the mitre saws are shown but not back saws. That could well be that this booklet is aimed at carpenters and they would have been making corner joints for mouldings and skirting etc.. No sliding compound mitre saws back then.
Of course the object of these booklets was to get their message across to the tradesman and they probably did that very well: Excellent marketing
I love the booklet and the impressive lineup of saws.
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2nd March 2016, 06:43 PM #92
One more comment was that all the booklets are 64 pages plus thicker, card cover. This is a common book size with additional pages going up in groups of eight. So the next size up would have been 72 pages, 80 pages etc...
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2nd March 2016, 07:12 PM #93Senior Member
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i haven't read what you came up with about the joiners saw in the droppings thread. but they were sometimes called a ships carpenters saw, usually longer than the simonds model. its used for making sweeps, kerfs and cants . other makers sometimes have a back attached and is always narrower at the toe (canted) ,as a joiners saw it might be used to make coffins for example, to cut several kerfs across a wide board to bend the timber in a curve. instead of the typical diamond (wrong word but i think you know what i mean) shape coffin.
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2nd March 2016, 08:51 PM #94
Ian
I gave the saw a quick tickle, in between sharpening a 4 1/2 ppi Disston D-8 rip saw. What a difference there! The file seemed to have little trouble with the teeth so that begs the question as how effective would those little teeth be cutting metal.
I quickly ran an nail across the few teeth I had filed but that was a waste of time in that I hadn't sharpened the teeth. So totally inconclusive. Of course it may have been intended to cut thin sheet rather than solid sections.
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2nd March 2016, 10:17 PM #95GOLD MEMBER
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My understanding (from catalog or advertisement somewhere) was that the metal cutting saws were for cutting wood with metal in it (eg nails) rather than a hacksaw replacement.
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2nd March 2016, 10:35 PM #96
Gavin
I wasn't aware of that, but it is a distinct possibility now you mention it. A 100 year old answer to the Diablo demolition blade.
I'm not sure how well they would saw overall with 14ppi rip and no set. I may have to sharpen mine to see for myself.....but all those teeth for 25". It has been shortened by about an inch I think. At least on the positive side that is fourteen teeth less.
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2nd March 2016, 11:25 PM #97SENIOR MEMBER
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Paul,
thank you for all your effort in photographing and posting the pages from your booklet,
I hope you're able to get on with your other projects, sorry to have interrupted the saw sharpening,
(the other stuff don't matter as much)
The old catalogues and such, are a real treat to read through and as you have shown
they often reflect the prosperity or decline of a business through its level of advertising.
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Graham.
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3rd March 2016, 06:19 AM #98
The Mertens saw could be a forerunner of what we called a bone saw. It was use primarily fir cutting nails. Had a blue blade with an adjustable handle. Blade just over a foot long at a guess
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3rd March 2016, 08:42 AM #99
Paul, based on this description, I can't see this saw being meant for cutting steel under any circumstances. If you can file it as easily as you describe, it's way too soft to cut even mild steel nails, I reckon. And as you say, you'd be sweating up a storm sawing through a 4x2 with 14tpi & no set!! It certainly deepens the mystery as to just what this saw was meant to do. Small teeth do suggest metal, so how about a saw for cutting the sheet lead much loved for flashing in years past? Not sure you'd want a full-sized saw for that, but small teeth, certainly...
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Even cutting lead with small teeth is a pain. Lead clogs up a hacksaw in seconds.
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3rd March 2016, 09:20 AM #101
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5th March 2016, 10:51 PM #102
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9th March 2016, 06:13 AM #103
Hi Paul,
I noticed this saw on eBay a while back.
At first I thought it a home-made modification but after seeing your post above I realized that it is genuine. This one is filed crosscut strangely enough. Good thing I've got some files that are up to the task of correcting that. I like curiosities because I often find useful features in them despite the fact that many of them were dead-ends in their times.
Cheers,
RobInnovations are those useful things that, by dint of chance, manage to survive the stupidity and destructive tendencies inherent in human nature.
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13th March 2016, 11:38 AM #104
1855/62 apparently according to this at 35:00 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em9J5-LIx64
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15th March 2016, 09:26 AM #105
That's a rather early date for an electric furnace, Paul. Siemens didn't patent the electric arc furnace until 1878, and according to Wikipedia:
The first electric arc furnaces were developed by Paul Héroult, of France, with a commercial plant established in the United States in 1907. The Sanderson brothers formed The Sanderson Brothers steel Co. in Syracuse, New York, installing the first electric arc furnace in the U.S. This furnace is now on display at Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
So even at the 1906 date, Disston were ahead of the crowd!
Cheers,IW
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