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I would had normally include its history here, but it was a tad convoluted, and I ended with a post on the saw makers gang instead... So here is the little saw that started that last post, while researching it The vendor had identified it as a St Catharine saw from 1887, based on the medallion. I paid Cdn $20 for it and was quite happy :-) It is not from 1887, that patent date is for the Glover saw nut, used by many makers We know that RH Smith started in 1870 by buying J Flint saw works in St Catharines On. They were bought by Shurley Dietrich in 1893 then operated under that name until 1914 when it was changed to TF Shurly Co. The patent date is telling us that this saw would had probably been made between 1887-1914. Patents last about 17 years back then, so that script about the patent would had been gone no later than (1887+17= 1904) Early 1900s would be my best educated guess, judging from the beaver on the medallion Tenon backsaw from Shurly-Dietrich 1902 catalog,  who was op...

The last couple days been helping a friend with his Christmas project for his wife. Can't tell you what it is, it's a surprise :-) Yesterday, end up at the wood shop from 10AM until 4PM, a long day, so I brought along a few tools rehab projects. First up was my BBM crank handles refinishing Long overdue, but very low on my priority list.  But its a quick job and it is taking room in the shop. So out it came with me Long overdue, it really makes a big difference using a walnut stain, blending in the blemish and repairs The next day, I gave it a coat of  feed N wax I really like the final look An old Smith of St-Catherine On. back saw got a quick clean up A light scraping, sanding of the plate, followed by a wipe of WD40 The handle got a scraping, need a light sanding before being re-finished. There is a very faint etch I want to preserve The hardware as removed, before its bath at home Last time I used it, I noticed a bit of rust was forming on both faces  of my world famo...

Another recent Kijiji finds, this one came with the instruction sheet and the spider. The Crescent No 340 crosscut tool set Besides obviously the box that it came in,  it is also missing the setting skate (in foreground) Pic from Time Tested Tools blog  The adjustable wedge is to set the height of the raker tooth  showing, to be filed flat The two screws on the sides are to hold the file, but also it is capable of slightly bending the file to accomodate the curvature of the breasted blade My Simonds spider.  You can see by the glare and rust still showing around the sharp area,  that it was power cleaned by a wire brush.  So was the Saw jointer tool.  Hopefully the critical lenght of the boss did not get muck with...too much I wrote previously about these types of tools, here The spider is used to check the set of the tooth, by placing it against the saw blade plate and resting the long end against the tip of the tooth. Because there is a shorther and...