H. DISSTON & SONS hand saw
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Topic: H. DISSTON & SONS hand saw
Posted By: ACinSC
Subject: H. DISSTON & SONS hand saw
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 12:04pm
| Have one that was in my late Dad's stuff . One man saw with a 55" blade ! Just wondering if any of you fellas have seen one like this ? Thanks ! |
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Posted By: Kansas99
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 12:27pm
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Got any pics for us? and I bet if your dad ran that saw all the time needing the whole length of blade, when he spoke you said "YES SIR"
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Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 12:40pm
| Sorry , never have figured pics out . Pretty sure Dad bought this saw somewhere . He used to dabble in antiques . Also have a 6' two man saw that he had . Thanks ! |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 1:55pm
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I have seen those and I still have one of Dad's two-man crosscut saws but I am not sure of the brand. We used one on the FFA forestry team many years ago. If you want to email or text me some pictures I will see if I can put them on here for you. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 2:28pm
| Very nice of you Hubert . I can get my fav son to post a pic if anyone wants to see it . This one man saw has a brass medallion with the name . Don't see anything on the two man saw . THANKS ! |
Posted By: festus51
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 5:08pm
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I would like to see it. ------------- We the unwilling Led by the unqualified Doing the impossible for the Ungrateful |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2022 at 8:23pm
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Lehmans Hardware http://www.lehmans.com" rel="nofollow - www.lehmans.com still has the one and two-man saws listed but they are pricey. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2022 at 1:31am
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The last Disston I saw, was around 250CC, was single-man op, but had the second-man handle feature. They have quite a storied history, and while they do not have the performance, ergonomics, safety, and efficiency of TODAY's saws, they certainly ruled the roost when they were new. Imagine the cutting power if you put a pair of 880 Magnum cylinders on a common crankshaft, and used that to sling an 8-foot bar... The sound and the fury... ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: WeisAC2
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2022 at 6:20am
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Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2022 at 7:51am
| Not a very good picture, but here it is thanks to my favorite son . That's 3' rule on it. Thanks |
Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2022 at 9:57am
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I had to go and check out my ole meat/butcher's saw. It also has Disston stamped on the frame. Fortunately I was able to buy a replacement blade and with a little work with the cut off wheel and drill press, it works like a new one.
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Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2022 at 3:58pm
This comment made me think of Junior Samples when he had George Washington's hatchet. It was on it's 2nd head and 3rd handle but it was George Washington's hatchet ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Dave H wrote:Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2022 at 8:17pm
As I foggily recall, wasn't Junior's phone number BR549?  |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2022 at 6:04am
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That it was Dave ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2022 at 6:20pm
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Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2022 at 6:47pm
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At home we had one similar...maybe not quite that long and also had a handle on other end for 2nd person... also had the longer 2 person style... ... ... and we had a hay bale saw that was about 3-4 feet long... ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2022 at 7:33am
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Thanks for the replies I just wonder what this saw was used for ? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2022 at 6:18pm
Hard to say from the pic, can't see how the teeth are filed. Crosscut saws are filed at a 45 degree angle, and every other tooth points a different way. Generally set a little wider than a rip or pit saw, which is filed at nearer to 90 degrees, and each tooth is set just a little wider than the one in front of it. Pit or rip saws teeth look like a wave on the ocean, when viewed from the end, down the line of teeth. Pit saws also have deeper teeth than a crosscut, sometimes an inch and a half deep gullet. Yours looks like a crosscut, or a really worn down pit saw.( sometimes thrifty sawyers would convert worn pit saws to crosscuts) Clear as mud? ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2022 at 6:40pm
| Thanks Dave, I'll have to check out the teeth. |