Joe,

I made a 30" round top table several years ago and tried my table saw  
for the curve. At that radius it was barely effective and I found that  
my bow saw made much easier work so finished w/ that. If for varying  
radii, how does one know what width of blade is for what radius? Mine  
looks most like Peter's middle saw.

Bill

On Jul 17, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Joseph Sullivan wrote:

> SNIP
>
>> Ray, and other Sheffield saw freaks...
>> I would love to know what these table saws were used for.
>>
>
> END SNIP
>
> Bill:
>
> Aren't they a set of compass saws for varying radii?  I have a very  
> old
> Disston compass saw that looks VERY much like the thinner of the  
> three.
>
> Joe
>

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