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i'm have a keen interest in art, and generally don't bother getting into discussions about what "ART" is (i leave each to their own opinion as rule) but like DSEL74 mentioned, in short i usually...

Luke,
what thickness are the boards you anticipating to cut?

didn't know you could get a #12 in 3.5 rip! i'd keep it just as it is , just because of that!

assuming boards are thick, you can...

i can't resist asking :); did you rip the 2" inch or 12" thickness?

cheers
chippy

i think the common saying is "let the saw do the work", not so much (or at all) "the first principle is, the weight of the saw does the work. though that is often mentioned as a factor with back...

Paul,

i just happened to be looking through a simonds catalogue and noticed they sold nuts, screws and also available with eagle medallions which appear to be just the same (dare i say exact) as...

I've know (seen) them and heard of them being used to cut curves, used by ship writes (tight spaces)and wheel writes, and quite common to cut kerfs. sometimes the same type of saw has a back on it...

hehe, sorta like good cop bad cop.. we cut out the middle man and just go with the "persuader"...good god, lol starting to sound like a Tony Curtis and Roger Moore TV series:D

yeah, must be a regional thing :U .a sledge hammer i always refer to as the persuader , "bloody thing won't move, go get the persuader"

chippy :)

lifting off the frames ,using 'poles' isn't that much different to today. i would often use a similar method to lift if the wall was large enough. being made on the ground first, sometimes very long...

dunno, but some say brake fluid, bleach or oven cleaner will remove it.

edit; otherwise i read some sulphuric acid using some electronic reverse plating methods


cheers
chippy

Joel's saw certainly doesn't look like it was put to much use, even your though marked from age is not very worn(well i guest is, considering you had to retooth it)

i was meaning to ask, did your...

:U hehe, imagine your wearing that belt and your mate rolls up in his nice ute, says a quick hello and drives off.. meanwhile your stuck to the side of the ute running alongside.

i agree entirely and much of the work is complicated, with tempering, grinding and smithing. although i somehow doubt, even though the Stiletto has so much similarities with the disston old #12 that...

indeed, i had that in the back of my mind but didn't write it. that is, that they are etchings and costly and would be reused in many circumstances. still i found it interesting that in the tool box...

just found a couple more pics that might be interesting, especially the tool box; note the wooden case uses the new logo whereas the saws in particular listed as #S17P. 20 &24 inches panel saws (that...

yeah, a type of home brand was what i was getting at. and indeed the big name saw makers sold them 'rebadged' , like some cars etc are now.

interesting about the comparison you find between the...

so many old saws (brands etc), its intriguing and interesting to find the stories behind them.

how, who and why did they come up with that name 'stiletto' . my guess is that it came from its...

tis expensive Bret, but, well, its designed for the job, probably not mass produced, body made out of cast, has strong torque motor (he makes them special order for AU voltage), water proof, any...

ok, i see somewhat clearer what you are saying. first point is i don't have the diamond disk you linked to, but it appears cheap (cheap enough to try without hurting if it doesn't meet expectations)....

sounds like a good idea, an thinking outside the box. as you say cutting and drilling it isn't that difficult. offcuts such as those should be easy to source. the caveats to look for might be the...

tolerance ? as in edge to edge across the back of a chisel or plane blade? you own a worksharp machine as i under it (above), so it would seem to me you have a grasp of it already. i thought that...

even the lever cap looks nicer with all the chrome gone.

you could cut the body up, flip it and some of the diamond pastes around tend to embed themselves into cast steel , used for honing chisels...

in the short term MDF would be fine, and cheap for the masses. but limiting to just using dry and eventually the moisture in the air gets to it, though it takes quite some time so yes to make it easy...

no worries, nothing wrong with sprucing it up either. i haven't read Dereks cold japanning (my internet is not working well atm) but i assume its ok. here in SA we can still get lacquer that is...

Invention are great, (even if someone already stole your idea LOL thanks Ian) i am not sure if i am picturing this correct, and also to complicate matters i do not know which diamond disk on eBay you...

, yeah the wind up players work on winding a spring, the spring doesn't have the torque. if there was a way of by-passing the spring and the just using the handle crank, perhaps even attached to foot...

i prefer when possible for the majority of the work (particularly lapping backs flat to begin with) to use a machine and hold the chisel or plane blade completely still and accurate. moving the...

well, there ya go Ken.

you got one, and has some sentimental value ta boot.

considering at the very opening post one point was the the TAFE tutor gave you a list, and i would assume (at least...

no problem, i hope it helps and not makes it worse, try and keep it simple. get a cheap stanley if you want, play around with it, but you can not beat a good Clifton (or LN) and you will notice the...

hmm, don't know how to word it without sounding like raining on your parade or coming across as critical.

but for a first or only plane a low angle is not the way to go. yes there is much hype and...

Derek, hope you didn't take my question asking if you had clifton irons as an insult or innuendo, i just wanted to know so i asked.

the thing with general feedback on the net is many people voice...

Hi Derek,

like i say if you can not afford the LN or Clifton (or clone), then that leaves you with an old stanley, a newbie can have trouble knowing what to look for in an old plane or even how to...

i am interested in what type of apprenticeship scheme Ken is indentured under (and how cheap is TAFE now! don't they have their own tools while your attending? always used to, even when i instructed...

you may be right lightwood, i do often look at things a bit too logical and miss the humour sometimes. sorry if any offence was inferred by me. i'll try and adjust little better along the vein you...

i'd agree and already have that people like to buy history, but history on its own is taking his whole sentence of out context, at least the way i read it. he said because [sic] perhaps because as a...

probably more to do with population numbers than hundreds of years, supply and demand of course, there just arn't as many in Oz than in other countries. adelaide was around since 1836, the eastern...

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...

by all means i am i look forward to Paul's answer, he words things well.

but i m curious now, how many pages does your book hold Paul. mine has 64. and the info on saw production are on different...

first let me say, outstanding tenacity, investigative work and to try and get them to reply to you. and incredibly disappointing for them to offer no reply. perhaps if you engaged/contacted a big...

hehe, those benches crack me up. if you think that one is bad Ian and pmcgee.

take a look at these, $675 for the brown one and $850 for the green one. obviously i must just be cheap not to see the...

potato ,poetartoe. my point i was making was they still deserved to be recognised, i did also point out that washington was the first after the revolution, and goes without saying the drawn up...

the world over ,no doubt, but there are many instances where americans have given credit in history to a person where someone else did it first. Edison took credit for much of Tesla's work and until...

i haven't got the info right in front of me, i would have to search through my books for the exact quotes and years. but from memory. the US in the early years (perhaps late 1700's or early 1800's...

like dave cutting the bottom plate is reserved for apprentices , we didn't use chisel although i know some did, we always used a saw but soon learnt to never to touch the concrete, just a matter of...

Ok, i kinda took that for granted that if you use a coping or fret saw to remove the bulk then you finish off with a chisel.


there are two schools or methods of removing the DT waste. i like...

Dear Ian,


i am afraid there is absolutely no way of persuading or convincing you. every reason given to you , well you don't accept or preempt with an answer. at this point i think its a bit...

my thoughts exactly, it was going to feature in the movie version haha you can just imagine him using the saw plate without a handle to do it. he probably used the pavement to sand it smooth

thought i would try and do a pic, can not remember if i have so before, its been so long.

not very good at it, cripes (nice job and saw stewie) you guys make a saw look great in photo.

my saw...

for sure Paul, its been buggered up too much to give a definitive identification. i was being a little flippant and not exactly taking it as a serious id or saw ,so just a quick ruff guess. i have...

chutzpah sound about right to me. not sure which area of eBay he had it listed, and i don't know exactly what areas there are, but curio or decorating would be about it.

ya know, and it involves a...