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23rd September 2020, 01:46 AM #31
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23rd September 2020, 02:47 AM #32
Ian
That is some of my retirement interest to restore and re-sell. My keepers are elsewhere:
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23rd September 2020, 09:08 AM #33
Paul, whatever works for you, works. I wish I could leave my saws hanging above my bench but they'd soon look like one of those rusting hulks in Moreton Bay if I did. The "modern" saw plate seems to be twice as prone to rusting as the plate on vintage saws too - I don't know why, but I presume it's to do with one or another of the additives in the steels.
Cheers,IW
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23rd September 2020, 09:29 AM #34
I wouldn't be one of the admonishers, Lance.
Most of the plastic-handled 'backsaws' come with hang-holes.
Tbh, I don't see that a hole in the end of a saw blade affects function in any way. I've seen quite a few vintage saws that have been "improved" with a hang-hole. Mitre saws came with holes for the cross-pin.
Nah, I don't think it'll affect the "user value", you'll only affect the "collector" value of your saws, so drill away.....
Cheers,IW
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23rd September 2020, 01:44 PM #35
Returning to your plight, Lance - I received an email from Pop Wood magazine this morning which may answer your query ... a caddy for dovetailing tools ...
The link to the article (with plans) is here: Dovetail Station | Popular Woodworking Magazine
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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23rd September 2020, 05:32 PM #37
Derek, when I first saw the picture I let out a knee jerk derisive guffaw, but then settled into a brow furrowing re-contemplation of the idea. I think there is merit there, and the more I think about it, the more I like it. I'm going to let the idea percolate for a while and see where I end up.
Thanks for posting it!
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24th September 2020, 05:04 AM #38GOLD MEMBER
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i recognize that i'm in the minority as a hand dimensioner, but the sellers type solution would equal saws on floor with broken handles from walking up and down the bench.
at the same time, my till is far enough behind the bench that it's unhandy sometimes, and the solution for me has been to put the dovetail saw and a small crosscut japanese saw (which i don't use for joinery, but more as a utility saw) on the back side of the bench on nails. My bench is heavy enough that an open handled dovetail saw won't get knocked off.
I stowed a ruler and a couple of other things back there. Since that side of the bench faces the wall, nothing will come in contact with the back side of the bench.
A till is OK, but it can be a pain for quick use if several saws look the same from the top (several of mine do).
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24th September 2020, 08:18 AM #39
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29th September 2020, 07:22 AM #43GOLD MEMBER
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I come from a long line of obvious people (I wouldn't mind the paint dots, but would suddenly mind them if trying to sell saws) - fairly sure at least half of my mother's side would be solidly in aspergers territory (including me, at least in some respects).
I recall when I was a kid, my mother had a reasonably nice car, but so did about 15 other people in town (same model style, same color) and we often found ourselves walking down the aisle of the department store to the wrong car.
We fixed that by putting orange neon tape on the bumper of an almost new car. If you could see the bumper, you knew it was our car because nobody else would've dared put tape like that on a car bumper.
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29th September 2020, 11:30 AM #44
Early in my career, I had a job that required me to fly two or three times a week; I seemed to spend half my life waiting at the baggage carousel and all Samsonite suitcases looked the same.
I also put some reflective tape on my suitcase, but it did not survive airport baggage handlers. So I spray-painted my suitcase - pink and mauve stripes. It was easily identifiable!
It was in the sixties, after all.
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Hi Graeme. Regular air travel in the 60's? Did you work in "imports and exports"?
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