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64713 Richard Wilson <arw@T...> 1999‑07‑03 Re: Sawtills - Anyone built one? Group project?
Tom Johnson descibes a fancy saw till

> The basic idea is to create a rack with slots in it, and each slot has a
> gravity driven plunger placed at an angle so that when it drops down it
> penetrates the slot where the saw hangs.  YOu remove the saw by pushing up
> and out.  YOu replace the saw by pushing up until the plunger drops back
> into the handhole in the saw handle, and then just let go.  OK, here
> goes.........
>

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Sheesh - complicated or what.

Mine is simple and efficient.

Imagine a shoebox, standing on end.  Remove the top, and insert a 'comb' of
slots.
at an angle of , oh, 20 degrees.  a bit less than the typical angle where handl
e
meets blade.

You place a saw, teeth facing you, into a slot of the 'comb', and the angle of
the
handle
interfaces to the 'comb, and keeps it just fine.

For variation, you can add a folding top and front, but mine is just the open
front
mounted on the wall.

Oh - and larger than an actual shoebox of course...

Richard Wilson
Yorkshireman in Worcestershire



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