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262354 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2017‑05‑25 | Interesting old Advertising Saw |
Hey gang A few weeks back at the big estate sale a few BAGs attended, I picked up this cute little advertising saw. Didn't realize exactly what I had until a few days later, when I couldn't find much googling this saw name. https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/BAGaThons-and-Gatherings/170422 -Estate-Sale-Menlo/i-csTVh4n">https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/BAGaThons- and-Gatherings/170422-Estate-Sale-Menlo/i-csTVh4n Turns out Tuck's Triple Packing was a type of gasket used on Triple Expansion Steam engines (whatever those are), typically for boats based on the advertising I found in vintage literature. Based in Britain, Tuck & Co appeared (from my searches) about 1852, disappeared before 1908. Was this an advertising saw, or a tool used to cut the packing? Dunno. https://books.google.com/books?id=CA0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=%2 2tuck%27s+triple+packing%22&source=bl&ots=3E-Cxxiv5t&sig=sWaErKP6AheJxgxT9EGODkV apxM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjopOed4ovUAhVKwlQKHdPxDJIQ6AEIJjAA">https://books.goo gle.com/books?id=CA0AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=%22tuck%27s+triple+packing%2 2&source=bl&ots=3E-Cxxiv5t&sig=sWaErKP6AheJxgxT9EGODkVapxM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKE wjopOed4ovUAhVKwlQKHdPxDJIQ6AEIJjAA So I have this cute little advertising saw from pre 1900, based on the advertising and the saw nuts, with a HUGE crack in the blade. There is Zero value in this thing as a user, so I was thinking of getting a piece of spring shim stock, and recreating a blade without a crack, and hopefully sharp fine teeth. Having never done this type of saw restoration before, I will be coming back to the archives for help. Unless someone tells me I am destroying a valued piece of history. Open to suggestions and opinions. Thanks -- Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, catching up after weeks of sloth and travel |
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262370 | Brent Beach <brent.beach@g...> | 2017‑05‑27 | Re: Interesting old Advertising Saw |
Hi On 2017-05-25 12:37, Kirk Eppler wrote: > There is > Zero value in this thing as a user, so I was thinking of getting a piece of > spring shim stock, and recreating a blade without a crack, and hopefully > sharp fine teeth. It seems to me that trying to silver solder the crack then just sharpen the saw might be worth some time before replacing the saw plate. Would silver solder be strong enough for this, given how little pressure we normally put on sharp back saws? Brent -- Brent Beach Victoria, BC, Canada |
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262372 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2017‑05‑27 | Re: Interesting old Advertising Saw |
> https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/BAGaThons-and- Gatherings/170422-Estate-Sale- Menlo/i-csTVh4n">https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/BAGaThons-and- Gatherings/170422-Estate-Sale-Menlo/i-csTVh4n I think its a cool saw I would do what our ancestors would have done with no hesitation. Find me an old saw........... with a thin steel back,........... and a busted tote.......... but a good enough blade. I have "opened up" many a saw to find mismatched mounting holes inside. Enough times to tell, its been ordinary practice down through time. Oh silver solder would hold that crack forevermore. Could do a beautiful flowing braze on the right day, (the old stuff with a trace of cadmium). But then you'd have to anneal, harden, temper and tension the saw plate. Its the spine markings and the handle that are genuinely worth saving. I couldn't see the Smithsonian sniveling over using a better saw plate when this one is clearly gone. yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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