Thanks Mr Wranglerstar, i recently purchased 2 antique crosscut saws in a barn sale near me. Now after this video, and a little online research im going to sharpen them and use them next fall when im cutting firewood
Awesome video... I have been watching for a while now... I always forget to write a comment tho...I guess i don't always know what to say... but i do want to at least express my appreciation for what you have taught me... I have come to appreciate these amazing tools and skills... I love working with my own timber and making things from scratch... I also really appreciate how you've taught me how to properly care for my old tools... I have one very special axe I got when both my grandmother and grandfather passed away... I received a very old Collins axe... I love it so much...it's a millions times better than anything you can find in a store... and you have taught me how to truly appreciate it and care for it, along with all my other tools... I am newly married and I an 22 years old and am a firefighter in Georgia... I really appreciate how some of the things you say and do make me think about how to grow my own new family... I am a God fearing man and study the bible regularly...Me and my wife... there are some things you have taught me about patience and understanding and mildness that I do think about alot and help me in my life... I really want to thank you tho for doing stuff like this... it makes so much sense to me! But please know that I am grateful for these things... and so I say thank you
Thank you, Cody for allowing us to learn along with you. We all learn from our mistakes and it is refreshing to see the depth of your desire to learn and teach. God bless.
I'm also one of the four who watched all 14 minutes. Love these tool restoration and maintenance videos even if they feed and encourage my habit of collecting tools. Thanks to your influences, I've filled in a bunch of wood working and timber framing gaps in my set of capabilities and tools. I even bought a couple of cross cut saws on ebay - something that few people on the east coast have.
I find this stuff fascinating. I had no idea these saws were so technology advanced and complicated to work on and sharpen. Gives you some respect got the old ways.
I love the last minute of you thanking the last 5 people that made it to the end of your video. I am not even sure how I happened upon all your videos. But tonight I saw your video on hand saws and you mentioned how your shop was actually lit so that you could specifically file crosscut saws. I actually searched in you tube to find this video because you piqued my interest. I find old world techniques fascinating and look forward to diving into your videos to at least familiarize myself with new ways of doing antiquated things.
It's a lot of work cleaning rust off been working on mine saw,axes,and made my own pickaroon because of your videos.Thanks for the education keep up the great work.
Yes you're learning and applying what you've learned to projects but what makes this so interesting is that you invite us all to come along for the ride and we learn with you along the way . I know ive said it several times but ,Thank You for inviting us into your home and lives .
I have my great grandfather's raker pin gauge that I never knew what it was. Now I have a couple of cross cut saws and will get to use it because of your videos. Many Thanks!
I really enjoy when you make these types of videos. Your patients and passion for old tools is very infectious. You have inspired me to seek out old tools and bring them back to working condition. Thank you very much. I hope to see more like this Matt
Sometimes its nice to know that I'm not the only fruitcake knocking around the Wranglerstar channel ... I live for these videos ... so relaxing and I learn a little something... bliss!
Are you kidding me, this is perfect. My dad found 2 of my grandpa Willy's Simonds. 5-1/2' bucker and a feller. He has given those to me now. I have them cleaned up and have been working on my sharpening bench and I just got my sharpening sets and guides. This has been a fascinating education and a great connection to my grandpa that passed when I was six. Thanks for doing this.
I've been waiting for you to get started on this project, and was beginning to think you'd forgotten your promise. Thank you. Take all the time you need.
Cody, you are the only person i know that can interest me in saw sharpening for a saw i will likely never own. As for the criticism and 'mean comment' stuff, just keep doing what you do. They can feel free to bug someone deserving. Carry on.
I watched the whole vid! Thank you, I like the fact that these vids are for the most part un-edited and the problems that you encounter we get to see them and see your solutions. TV doesn't show you these type of videos. It's all about the drama on TV. Ridiculous!! Can't wait to see the next video!
Love the video - do not worry too much about fine editing, I would rather have more rough cut with content than beautifully edited videos. My son and I have learned so much from your videos. I have some old "ordinary" saws to de rust and I had not thought about only using the stone along the saw. We can all learn something new every day
Codey if I may suggest a modification for one of your vises. Make a replacement set of jaws, or use a dedicated vise and drill a series of holes starting at 1/8" (0.125") to 1/2". Center the holes where the two jaws come together. When completed you will be able to grip round items with less chance of damaging them. Like you I learned a great deal from my grand father, and this was one those bit of knowledge. He was a mechanic up until 1964 and I inherited many of his tools. I still use the vise he modified so many years ago. Great videos.
If I only spent my free time watching other people do the things I'm already expert at, I would learn nothing, but gain a critical spirit, and an exaggerated opinion of myself. At which point, "I" would be obligated to share my superiority with the rest of the lowly peons of youtube by being critical of the others' mediocre efforts. Instead of that bile, I enjoy seeing the way things used to be done. The attention to detail that went into a high quality hand operated tool is impressive. The men and women who did things the "hard way", were also determined to find the very best way to reward their efforts. Do it right the first time and it's done. If you cut corners in your first process, you'll have to do all of it a second time. Their innovations and commitment to quality help me learn how and why things are done certain ways with modern materials, tools, and equipment.
Hey Cody, I love videos like these where I can learn about old tools. Keep them coming!!! I love all of your other videos too, so I guess just have fun with it. God bless you and your awesome family!
Been looking forward to this I love crosscut saws and used them with my Dad when I was a teenager. I inherited the saw, we used, that's still in great shape. I've seen the tools on eBay and want to learn from you which ones to get and how to use them to keep the saw properly tuned. We were in Northern California & I can't remember ever using the saw on anything but Costal Live Oaks, man is that wood tough & hard. We never had to get the saw sharpened & she's still sharp after 40+ years. With your help I'm sure I'll be able to tune her up someday. Take Care Cody.
Hey Cody, Just wanted to share a tip I've learned whilst restoring old tools with you on separating stuck nuts/bolts...just throw a torch on it briefly to heat it up. As soon as it cools you should be able to easily separate the two with the screwdriver...
I watch every time. It's like visiting with my brothers or working on projects with my dad. It's funny that after watching you and Jack work on windows a while back and you made sure the screw heads were facing the same direction, that on the saw sharpener the screw heads were not aligned. I don't know why I noticed that but if I were there with you I would ask if I could dress that up. Lol Pastortechman Have a blessed trip Thursday.
Ill be one of the other "5's" thanks soo much for this vid. seeing your other vid where your wife and your cut that large tree, made me pull out an old one man cross cut saw I acquired 15 years ago as a young 20 something punk that thought it just looked cool. Now I know how to shine it up right and get that Raker going! Another great job, by a true humble man that anyone can look up too Thanks
Wow! I'm glad to be a part of the five of us who watched this whole video. Perhaps we could start a club or something. Maybe we could call it the SFC (Saw Filing Club). Viva La SFC!
I have been waiting for you to do these vids. I have a saw that was my wife's great grandfathers that he used when he was a logger working in the Adirondack mt's that I want to restore
Cody, on the Atkins saw guide what you have is file holder (where the screw is). A flat smooth mill bastard file is placed in the guide (usually after breaking the tank off and chamfering the ends of the file). Then the screw is used to place an arch in the file to match the radius of your saw blade. It doesn't require much of an arch or bow in a 10" or 12" file to correspond to the radius of the saw. This way as you run the file across the entire cutting surface of the saw blade from one end to the other you will file the top of every tooth to the same height and at the correct radius. This is called jointing a saw blade. By doing this, every tooth will cut equally as you pull the saw blade through the log. If every tooth is the same height you have much better efficiency with each stroke of the blade because every tooth is cutting, not just a few high ones. You can achieve the same height setting with just a flat file but it takes more skill to achieve. With the arched file you are less likely to cause flat spots along the length of the blade. This jointing is done rarely, but is the first step of saw filing if you are restoring a blade that has been abused or well used.
Must be five or six of us now. I may never have a need to know this kind of stuff but love to learn about it along with you. Thanks for the great vids.
Ha! I must be one of the 4. Inspired by your first round of crosscut videos I picked up a saw and slowly started a restoration. Over time I have been buying the necessary tools on eBay, trying acquire at them at *reasonable* prices. The last item I needed was a spider. I have been unsuccessful at finding one under $25 shipped. When I saw the title of this video I knew that prices were going shoot up again so I broke down and over paid. ;-) Thanks again for all the work you put into your channel!
i want to thank you for the great videos!! the whole teach ,know ,learn debate... all that matters that you share all of it thanks I learn so much from your videos and enjoy them all to those who wanted to donate to boots for adam and missed out there are so many ways to donate or just give help in anyway to others if they are in great need or not a kind act brightens booth your lives thanks again cody your acts brighten many people in many ways!!
I always watch your entire vids. I learn everday. My English teacher said u learn til the day you die. You keep on doing things your way and ta he'll with the ones that don't like your way. I DO
Hello Cody, excellent video series. I am just getting into crosscut saws and picked up 3 different ones at auctions over the summer. I have restored one, but it still needs sharpening. I would like to build a bench like yours before I do that, can you point me towards plans or other materials that would help?
Just got my first two crosscut saws, that need restored, on an auction last Saturday so thank you for doing this video. Also got a keenkutter double bit axe and a plumb single bit axe for $10 not sure if those are great quality ones or not but the price was right and they are in great shape.
Excellent video and thanks. This is an old post, so you have probably investigated your "mystery gauge" by now. If not, you have an E. C. Atkins & Co. cross-cut saw jointer, raker gauge and side file combo tool. (No pin gauge.) The screw clamp holds a mill file perpendicular to the tool. It was patented on May 5, 1874 and is shown in the Atkins 1919 catalog. It was noted there that this tool was their old original version. I have one that was made in the Atkins plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which operated between 1908 and 1930.
Cody I have been hoping for you to get back to the saws. I watched the restoration video then we went with you to the class and shortly after was the Open House. I don't think we have had a saw video since.
I agree, this was another great video. I was a metal finisher for most of my young career and know how important proper lighting is. I did however use honing oil on my puck stone and sure enough, it gummed up. I now use, thanks to Cody, kerosene.
It's becoming a routine event for heart racer to run across the screen, I really love seeing that dog! I think you should include ginger snap in all your videos! When are you going the have another open house? And how can I go about getting on the invitation list?
I have used many cross cut saws growing up. I would like to find one, either new or used. Would you recommend good places to find old ones or a good brand to buy new? Thank you, -one of the four people that watched all the way through.
egads... not only did i watch it all the way through, i ran and grabbed my rake and started fiddling with it... what else does a girl have to do on a rainy vancouver wednesday night! thanks cody, this is great stuff!
Well, I watched to the end. Okay. So, I am strange, too. But, that said, I enjoy these videos. I enjoy them, because I can learn things which I did not know and understand before you explained them to us. I would rate your "come along and learn with me" videos as high or higher than The Woodwright's Shop, with Roy Underhill, on PBS which I also enjoy a great deal. Thanks for sharing
Wranglestar! Question I have the crosscut company raker\pin\jointer Guage combo and a long style Gibbs jointer! I cant find anything on how to properly set them up! Need help! These are new reproductions I never used this style before I used a Atkins and is different!
Enjoying the videos. Just noticed the videos on the "Wasps in the greenhouse". Do you have any videos on the Composting area, the veg bads and the greenhouse.
Great vid. Your doing fine. Most of us see what you are doing and why. I fully understand why you stopped the money coming in for the boots I could just see the panic and you visualizing a lot more money than trying to shut it down fast enough. Lol. Haha. Lol. Great job. ONE LOVE
I got me a genuine old "H. DIsston&Sons" one man crosscut saw which I sanded most of the rust off of. I got me a genuine Shurley Dietrich saw jointer; (a short one not a long one but that's good enough for me). Plus I got me a genuine old Dunlap Hand Saw Set with a plier-type handle. The saw looks like it hasn't been used very much. It is straight as an arrow with no distortions whatsoever. I ran the jointer over the teeth and it seems to have been already preset to the right depth because nearly all the raker teeth stick out by less than a thousandth of an inch or are perfectly level with the inset for the file. Which is great because I don't have a feeler gauge and I'm not sure what the right setting should be. I'm all ready to joint it, sharpen the teeth and set the teeth. The Dunlap pliers even came with instructions that has a list of kinds of files to use on different saws... but it stops at 5 teeth per inch and this saw is 3 teeth per inch so I'm not sure what are the right files I should use to sharpen it with. Could you please tell me what kind of files I should get? Thank you very much. PS: I already put thumbs up on your videos. The other thing is setting the teeth. The saw as I said looks in fine shape barely used and the set of the teeth look fine as they are. How do I use this tool? It has 2 screws for adjustment but I don't know how to use them. Or what the proper offset of the cutting teeth should be. There are a bunch of numbers on a metal wheel.which are confusing because they don't run in order of size: 10-12-14-16--15-13-11-9-7-5-4-6-8. Any information will be very much appreciated! Thanks again.
I went back a watch your lottery piece with the Simons saws. I have a Disston 7' bucking saw hanging on my wall. I'm I correct that the felling saw felled the tree, and the bucking saws cut them to lengths?
so I recently bought a one man crosscut saw. it has some kind of varnish on one side and I'm not sure why. I'm guessing someone did it for looks. how do you reccomend cleaning up both sides of the saw?
I have a crosscut saw that needs restoring and it has an interesting tooth pattern. I did some research and discovered it is a Perforated-Lance Tooth Pattern. Do you know the specific differences between this pattern and the type you have here?
I hate to be a physics Nazi, but refraction differs from reflection. Refraction is a change in the direction of the light wave when going from one medium to another, a good example would be the perceived bending of a steel bar when submerging it part way in a bucket of water. Reflection is light bouncing back, like a mirror, a piece of steel or a wooden workbench (highly diffuse reflection in the case of wood). I suspect you and most of your viewers already knew this, but this is one of those common sloppy language uses that really annoys engineers (which may or may not have been your intended effect).
Thanks Mr Wranglerstar, i recently purchased 2 antique crosscut saws in a barn sale near me. Now after this video, and a little online research im going to sharpen them and use them next fall when im cutting firewood
Awesome video... I have been watching for a while now... I always forget to write a comment tho...I guess i don't always know what to say... but i do want to at least express my appreciation for what you have taught me... I have come to appreciate these amazing tools and skills... I love working with my own timber and making things from scratch... I also really appreciate how you've taught me how to properly care for my old tools... I have one very special axe I got when both my grandmother and grandfather passed away... I received a very old Collins axe... I love it so much...it's a millions times better than anything you can find in a store... and you have taught me how to truly appreciate it and care for it, along with all my other tools... I am newly married and I an 22 years old and am a firefighter in Georgia... I really appreciate how some of the things you say and do make me think about how to grow my own new family... I am a God fearing man and study the bible regularly...Me and my wife... there are some things you have taught me about patience and understanding and mildness that I do think about alot and help me in my life... I really want to thank you tho for doing stuff like this... it makes so much sense to me! But please know that I am grateful for these things... and so I say thank you
Thank you, Cody for allowing us to learn along with you. We all learn from our mistakes and it is refreshing to see the depth of your desire to learn and teach. God bless.
I'm also one of the four who watched all 14 minutes. Love these tool restoration and maintenance videos even if they feed and encourage my habit of collecting tools. Thanks to your influences, I've filled in a bunch of wood working and timber framing gaps in my set of capabilities and tools. I even bought a couple of cross cut saws on ebay - something that few people on the east coast have.
So glad you have come back to filing saws. I'm defiantly one if the 5.
Another one of the four. An older female yet. Know nothing about tools, so I have no idea why I enjoy these videos as much as I do. Thank you, Cody.
I find this stuff fascinating. I had no idea these saws were so technology advanced and complicated to work on and sharpen. Gives you some respect got the old ways.
I love the last minute of you thanking the last 5 people that made it to the end of your video. I am not even sure how I happened upon all your videos. But tonight I saw your video on hand saws and you mentioned how your shop was actually lit so that you could specifically file crosscut saws. I actually searched in you tube to find this video because you piqued my interest. I find old world techniques fascinating and look forward to diving into your videos to at least familiarize myself with new ways of doing antiquated things.
It's a lot of work cleaning rust off been working on mine saw,axes,and made my own pickaroon because of your videos.Thanks for the education keep up the great work.
Yes you're learning and applying what you've learned to projects but what makes this so interesting is that you invite us all to come along for the ride and we learn with you along the way . I know ive said it several times but ,Thank You for inviting us into your home and lives .
I have my great grandfather's raker pin gauge that I never knew what it was. Now I have a couple of cross cut saws and will get to use it because of your videos. Many Thanks!
People asked for a shot video, and we get a multi saw-filing series. Thank u Cody :-)
I cant wait to see more! I am picking up a cross cut from my father in law this week and I would love to restore it.
I really enjoy when you make these types of videos. Your patients and passion for old tools is very infectious. You have inspired me to seek out old tools and bring them back to working condition. Thank you very much. I hope to see more like this
Matt
Sometimes its nice to know that I'm not the only fruitcake knocking around the Wranglerstar channel ... I live for these videos ... so relaxing and I learn a little something... bliss!
This was very interesting. Thanks for keeping these videos so humble.
Are you kidding me, this is perfect. My dad found 2 of my grandpa Willy's Simonds. 5-1/2' bucker and a feller. He has given those to me now. I have them cleaned up and have been working on my sharpening bench and I just got my sharpening sets and guides. This has been a fascinating education and a great connection to my grandpa that passed when I was six. Thanks for doing this.
I've been waiting for you to get started on this project, and was beginning to think you'd forgotten your promise. Thank you. Take all the time you need.
I thought this was awesome. These videos are never boring. I love learning about new tools and how they work. Keep up the great videos!
Cody, you are the only person i know that can interest me in saw sharpening for a saw i will likely never own.
As for the criticism and 'mean comment' stuff, just keep doing what you do. They can feel free to bug someone deserving.
Carry on.
I watched the whole vid! Thank you, I like the fact that these vids are for the most part un-edited and the problems that you encounter we get to see them and see your solutions. TV doesn't show you these type of videos. It's all about the drama on TV. Ridiculous!! Can't wait to see the next video!
I'm so excited you have the the time to do this series for us! God bless from Kentucky
Cody, I love the shear volume of your channel, 2-3 Videos a day is just awesome. Plus the content is always just so interesting and in-depth.
Love the video - do not worry too much about fine editing, I would rather have more rough cut with content than beautifully edited videos. My son and I have learned so much from your videos. I have some old "ordinary" saws to de rust and I had not thought about only using the stone along the saw. We can all learn something new every day
i love to watch people work. especially after a long day. thanks for the entertainment
Codey if I may suggest a modification for one of your vises. Make a replacement set of jaws, or use a dedicated vise and drill a series of holes starting at 1/8" (0.125") to 1/2". Center the holes where the two jaws come together. When completed you will be able to grip round items with less chance of damaging them.
Like you I learned a great deal from my grand father, and this was one those bit of knowledge. He was a mechanic up until 1964 and I inherited many of his tools. I still use the vise he modified so many years ago.
Great videos.
Glad you did this series as I need to sharpen my grandfathers cross cut saw.......
Consider me one of the four. I love learning about the crosscut saw. Very interesting and informative information. Thanks for sharing.
If I only spent my free time watching other people do the things I'm already expert at, I would learn nothing, but gain a critical spirit, and an exaggerated opinion of myself. At which point, "I" would be obligated to share my superiority with the rest of the lowly peons of youtube by being critical of the others' mediocre efforts.
Instead of that bile, I enjoy seeing the way things used to be done. The attention to detail that went into a high quality hand operated tool is impressive. The men and women who did things the "hard way", were also determined to find the very best way to reward their efforts. Do it right the first time and it's done. If you cut corners in your first process, you'll have to do all of it a second time. Their innovations and commitment to quality help me learn how and why things are done certain ways with modern materials, tools, and equipment.
Darryl Machtmes well said,
I am one of the four who made it to the end. I am still fascinated and looking forward to the next video.
Hey Cody, I love videos like these where I can learn about old tools. Keep them coming!!! I love all of your other videos too, so I guess just have fun with it. God bless you and your awesome family!
Been looking forward to this I love crosscut saws and used them with my Dad when I was a teenager. I inherited the saw, we used, that's still in great shape. I've seen the tools on eBay and want to learn from you which ones to get and how to use them to keep the saw properly tuned.
We were in Northern California & I can't remember ever using the saw on anything but Costal Live Oaks, man is that wood tough & hard. We never had to get the saw sharpened & she's still sharp after 40+ years. With your help I'm sure I'll be able to tune her up someday. Take Care Cody.
Hey Cody,
Just wanted to share a tip I've learned whilst restoring old tools with you on separating stuck nuts/bolts...just throw a torch on it briefly to heat it up. As soon as it cools you should be able to easily separate the two with the screwdriver...
I watch every time. It's like visiting with my brothers or working on projects with my dad. It's funny that after watching you and Jack work on windows a while back and you made sure the screw heads were facing the same direction, that on the saw sharpener the screw heads were not aligned. I don't know why I noticed that but if I were there with you I would ask if I could dress that up. Lol
Pastortechman
Have a blessed trip Thursday.
Ill be one of the other "5's" thanks soo much for this vid. seeing your other vid where your wife and your cut that large tree, made me pull out an old one man cross cut saw I acquired 15 years ago as a young 20 something punk that thought it just looked cool. Now I know how to shine it up right and get that Raker going! Another great job, by a true humble man that anyone can look up too
Thanks
Wow! I'm glad to be a part of the five of us who watched this whole video. Perhaps we could start a club or something. Maybe we could call it the SFC (Saw Filing Club). Viva La SFC!
Been hibernating all winter, just waiting for more saw and axe videos. Woohoo!
I have been waiting for you to do these vids. I have a saw that was my wife's great grandfathers that he used when he was a logger working in the Adirondack mt's that I want to restore
Excellent video! I have been curious about this procedure. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for making this series.
Cody, on the Atkins saw guide what you have is file holder (where the screw is). A flat smooth mill bastard file is placed in the guide (usually after breaking the tank off and chamfering the ends of the file). Then the screw is used to place an arch in the file to match the radius of your saw blade. It doesn't require much of an arch or bow in a 10" or 12" file to correspond to the radius of the saw. This way as you run the file across the entire cutting surface of the saw blade from one end to the other you will file the top of every tooth to the same height and at the correct radius. This is called jointing a saw blade.
By doing this, every tooth will cut equally as you pull the saw blade through the log. If every tooth is the same height you have much better efficiency with each stroke of the blade because every tooth is cutting, not just a few high ones. You can achieve the same height setting with just a flat file but it takes more skill to achieve. With the arched file you are less likely to cause flat spots along the length of the blade. This jointing is done rarely, but is the first step of saw filing if you are restoring a blade that has been abused or well used.
thanks for sharing, I have a crosscut saw I'm restoring now, all thanks to your videos
I love to watch any and all of you videos.
Outstanding and informitive. I might just be able to try this on my old saws now. Thank you so much
This is great stuff, plain and simple.
been waiting for this video since you got back from that class in Montana! thanks
Must be five or six of us now. I may never have a need to know this kind of stuff but love to learn about it along with you. Thanks for the great vids.
More please your videos are wonderful keep up the good job cody
Ha! I must be one of the 4. Inspired by your first round of crosscut videos I picked up a saw and slowly started a restoration. Over time I have been buying the necessary tools on eBay, trying acquire at them at *reasonable* prices. The last item I needed was a spider. I have been unsuccessful at finding one under $25 shipped. When I saw the title of this video I knew that prices were going shoot up again so I broke down and over paid. ;-)
Thanks again for all the work you put into your channel!
i want to thank you for the great videos!!
the whole teach ,know ,learn debate... all that matters that you share all of it
thanks I learn so much from your videos and enjoy them all
to those who wanted to donate to boots for adam and missed out
there are so many ways to donate or just give help in anyway to others if they are in
great need or not a kind act brightens booth your lives
thanks again cody your acts brighten many people in many ways!!
I always watch your entire vids. I learn everday. My English teacher said u learn til the day you die. You keep on doing things your way and ta he'll with the ones that don't like your way. I DO
Hello Cody, excellent video series. I am just getting into crosscut saws and picked up 3 different ones at auctions over the summer. I have restored one, but it still needs sharpening. I would like to build a bench like yours before I do that, can you point me towards plans or other materials that would help?
Just got my first two crosscut saws, that need restored, on an auction last Saturday so thank you for doing this video. Also got a keenkutter double bit axe and a plumb single bit axe for $10 not sure if those are great quality ones or not but the price was right and they are in great shape.
Both very good brands of axes. They will restore and serve you well.
Good to know, I started on restoration today so hopefully next week sometime I get take them out and use them.
That workbench is super cool! If I can find a saw and get into it I will definitely build one similar...if you don't mind that is.
Awesome video look forward everyday to watch what you post.
THANK YOU!!! as a carpenter i love to lurn the old ways... 7 people didnt get the no rake stone deal i see ;)
nice work and keep em comin !!
I just made a folding buck saw, this is exactly what I needed. Thank You
Excellent video and thanks. This is an old post, so you have probably investigated your "mystery gauge" by now. If not, you have an E. C. Atkins & Co. cross-cut saw jointer, raker gauge and side file combo tool. (No pin gauge.) The screw clamp holds a mill file perpendicular to the tool. It was patented on May 5, 1874 and is shown in the Atkins 1919 catalog. It was noted there that this tool was their old original version. I have one that was made in the Atkins plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which operated between 1908 and 1930.
Cody I have been hoping for you to get back to the saws. I watched the restoration video then we went with you to the class and shortly after was the Open House. I don't think we have had a saw video since.
It's incredibly interesting, where else are we going to see something like this.
Our family has a saw like this. Great stuff
I agree, this was another great video.
I was a metal finisher for most of my young career and know how important proper lighting is. I did however use honing oil on my puck stone and sure enough, it gummed up. I now use, thanks to Cody, kerosene.
Awesome vid I love this kind of stuff. I like the 15 minute vids too..thanks
It's becoming a routine event for heart racer to run across the screen, I really love seeing that dog! I think you should include ginger snap in all your videos! When are you going the have another open house? And how can I go about getting on the invitation list?
Well done. This is a good video!! I did watch the series on Wanda. This one will be as good or maybe better!!
These are the best videos!
Awesome. I love stuff like this.
Count me as 1 of the 4 lol I really enjoy all these videos. Keep up the good work!
i was waiting for this for a looong long time !! awesome Cody, I already love this series!!! !!
I do tool sharpening as a business so I love learning about how to work on other tools
Knowledge is wealth. So the more we learn the better off we r attempting these projects on our own
It's about time,LOL I have been waiting for this one, I have four that I need to sharpen.
Thanks
Yes keep it coming these videos are great
I have used many cross cut saws growing up. I would like to find one, either new or used. Would you recommend good places to find old ones or a good brand to buy new? Thank you, -one of the four people that watched all the way through.
I made it. Can't wait for the next one. I've got a rust covered saw that's waiting on me.
I've been waiting for this for a long time sir!
looking forward to the rest of this
I barely made it through! Thanks for sharing!
egads... not only did i watch it all the way through, i ran and grabbed my rake and started fiddling with it... what else does a girl have to do on a rainy vancouver wednesday night! thanks cody, this is great stuff!
Thanks for the video, I found it really fascinating.
Well, I watched to the end. Okay. So, I am strange, too. But, that said, I enjoy these videos. I enjoy them, because I can learn things which I did not know and understand before you explained them to us. I would rate your "come along and learn with me" videos as high or higher than The Woodwright's Shop, with Roy Underhill, on PBS which I also enjoy a great deal. Thanks for sharing
Watched the hole thing want more WANT MORE !!!!!!!
Great highlights. Thanks.
Count me in one of the 5, always willing to learn.
Wranglestar! Question I have the crosscut company raker\pin\jointer Guage combo and a long style Gibbs jointer! I cant find anything on how to properly set them up! Need help! These are new reproductions I never used this style before I used a Atkins and is different!
Cody, did you say 9 thousandths raker clearance? and is it the same for both bucking and felling saws?
Enjoying the videos. Just noticed the videos on the "Wasps in the greenhouse". Do you have any videos on the Composting area, the veg bads and the greenhouse.
Great vid. Your doing fine. Most of us see what you are doing and why. I fully understand why you stopped the money coming in for the boots I could just see the panic and you visualizing a lot more money than trying to shut it down fast enough. Lol. Haha. Lol. Great job. ONE LOVE
I got me a genuine old "H. DIsston&Sons" one man crosscut saw which I sanded most of the rust off of.
I got me a genuine Shurley Dietrich saw jointer; (a short one not a long one but that's good enough for me).
Plus I got me a genuine old Dunlap Hand Saw Set with a plier-type handle.
The saw looks like it hasn't been used very much. It is straight as an arrow with no distortions whatsoever. I ran the jointer over the teeth and it seems to have been already preset to the right depth because nearly all the raker teeth stick out by less than a thousandth of an inch or are perfectly level with the inset for the file. Which is great because I don't have a feeler gauge and I'm not sure what the right setting should be.
I'm all ready to joint it, sharpen the teeth and set the teeth. The Dunlap pliers even came with instructions that has a list of kinds of files to use on different saws... but it stops at 5 teeth per inch and this saw is 3 teeth per inch so I'm not sure what are the right files I should use to sharpen it with.
Could you please tell me what kind of files I should get? Thank you very much.
PS: I already put thumbs up on your videos.
The other thing is setting the teeth. The saw as I said looks in fine shape barely used and the set of the teeth look fine as they are. How do I use this tool? It has 2 screws for adjustment but I don't know how to use them. Or what the proper offset of the cutting teeth should be. There are a bunch of numbers on a metal wheel.which are confusing because they don't run in order of size:
10-12-14-16--15-13-11-9-7-5-4-6-8.
Any information will be very much appreciated! Thanks again.
I went back a watch your lottery piece with the Simons saws. I have a Disston 7' bucking saw hanging on my wall. I'm I correct that the felling saw felled the tree, and the bucking saws cut them to lengths?
I have the saw filerer series, but I'm most interested in your take in the process..
5:35 I was like wow a rat just ran into his shop. Then I remembered your sons puppy.
I began the video thinking, "well geez I didn't know he had skylights in that room". I giggled slightly when I saw the florescent lights.
so I recently bought a one man crosscut saw. it has some kind of varnish on one side and I'm not sure why. I'm guessing someone did it for looks. how do you reccomend cleaning up both sides of the saw?
What do you think of the Two cherries chisels
I have a crosscut saw that needs restoring and it has an interesting tooth pattern. I did some research and discovered it is a Perforated-Lance Tooth Pattern. Do you know the specific differences between this pattern and the type you have here?
I hate to be a physics Nazi, but refraction differs from reflection. Refraction is a change in the direction of the light wave when going from one medium to another, a good example would be the perceived bending of a steel bar when submerging it part way in a bucket of water. Reflection is light bouncing back, like a mirror, a piece of steel or a wooden workbench (highly diffuse reflection in the case of wood).
I suspect you and most of your viewers already knew this, but this is one of those common sloppy language uses that really annoys engineers (which may or may not have been your intended effect).
Love it! Very interested in seeing more :)
i understand the no power tools for sanding, but what is your opinion on using electrolysis for rust removal
Strange? Me? No.. just nosy enough and to learn from videos is a bonus