D8 panel saw refurbishment.

[Stewie Simpson]

Hi all. I purchased this panel saw around 10 years ago. Its a Disston D8 Panel Saw; 20" saw plate; 10 ppi; crosscut tooth. Its been wrapped in storage during that time period awaiting the day I could get around to refurbishing it.

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That day had finally arrived.

The 1st job was to remove the ugly finish that the previous owner had hastily applied. Its rather bulky original handle shape was typical of its circa. I felt the need to include some reshaping to improve its general appearance.

http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/d8page.html

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danach
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Next thing to do was darken the etching so it stood out more clearly.

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With the hyphenated etching, I was able to determine the age of the saw as being post 1928. The H Disston & Sons medallion that's has been fitted to the saw is clearly not original, as its use stopped in 1917. Not of great concern.

http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/etch.html

The saw teeth are in excellent condition, and will only require a light sharpen when time permits to allow this saw to be in excellent user condition.

I would appreciate your thoughts to the changes I made to the saw handle's shape.

regards Stewie;

[Pedder]

Hallo Stewart,

zeigt seine Arbeiten an einer Disston D8, die er schon 10 Jahre hat.
Er hat das von seinem Vorbesitzer aufgebrachte Finish entfernt, die Griffform verfeinert,
ein anderes Finish aufgebracht.

Das Etching hat er mit Brünnierung sichtbarer gemacht. Die Zähne brauchen nur ein leichtes Schärfen.
Stewart freut sich über Reaktionen.

Hab ich was vergessen?

Meine Meinung? Ich hätte an der Säge wohl nichts gemacht, aber ich muss zugeben,
dass sie nach den Arbeiten viel besser aussieht.

@Stewart, hopefully summarised your entry well. I wouldn't have done much to that saw, but your work let her look much better!

Liebe Grüße
Pedder

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Hi Stewie,

you did a fine job by refining this handle. I like the colour and I like even more the crispy shaping you created. The lines are flowing in a very eye pleasing way. Great work. I guess that the handle isn't an original Disston one. It looks like it was shop made because of the very uncommon position of the lower saw screws and the fact that the screw heads are prodruding a little bit. Disston never made a handle with screws that close to the bottom line of the cheeks as far as I know. Nevertheless you've created a beauty!

Stewie, feine Arbeit an diesem Griff. Ich mag die Farbe und die klaren Konturen. Allerdings glaube ich, dass der Griff nicht original Disston ist, weil die Position der Schrauben ebenso ungewöhnlich ist wie das Hervorstehen der Schraubenköpfe. Disston machte meines Wissens keine Griffe mit derart weit unten positionierten Schrauben. Nichtsdestotrotz hast Du eine Schönheit daraus gemacht!

Klaus

[Stewie Simpson]

Hello Pedder. Thank you for your generous feedback of my work. I am in gratitude for your willingness to translate my text from English to German for the benefit of all readers on this forum.

regards Stewie;

[Stewie Simpson]

Hello Klaus. Thank you for your kind comments. It is my appraisal that this apple wood handle is an original to this Disston Saw. The reason I feel the saw bolts are not seating more flush looks likely the result of the previous owner too aggressively flat sanding the faces of the handle, thus reducing the depth of the saw bolt seats. Never the less. I am hopeful my work has adding some much needed charm and beauty to this panel saw. I very much enjoyed the challenge of doing this work. It allowed me to fully employ my ongoing understanding within good handle design, of which I owe much gratitude to yourself.

with regards; Stewie.

[Stewie Simpson]

[In Antwort auf #140505]
Update. I have gone back and reviewed the information within http://www.disstonianinstitute.com/etch.html. After 1928 the model no. would be etched as D - 8. This saw has the 8 etched inside the D. That translates to this saw being pre 1928, and the medallion is most likely correct for this saw.

regards Stewie

[Stewie Simpson]

[In Antwort auf #140505]
Filing the saw teeth to change the gullets from being round shaped to V shaped.

Stewie;

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[Pedder]

Hallo Holzwerker, Stewart schreibt, dass er die Zahnlücken jetzt von rund auf V-förmig umfeilen will. Er benutzt offenbar eine Nadelfeile.

Hi Stewie,

that is a big needlefile you're going to use. I use neddlefiles myself, but just on the fine pitches. They are slow.

das ist eine große nadelfeile. Ich benutzes sowas selbst, aber nur für feine Bezahnungen, weil sie so langsam sind.

Liebe Grüße
Pedder

[Stewie Simpson]

Hello Pedder. The Vallorbe 3 Square Needle Files I use come in 2 different lengths. 160mm and 180mm. I prefer the longer length as they have a slightly wider flat. This increasing their range of use from a low starting point of 10 ppi. These files also come in 5 different # Cuts. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. The higher the number the finer the cut. My personal preference is #Cut 3.

http://jewellerssupplies.com.au/needle-file-vallorbe-three-square-160mm-p-1149.html

regards Stewie.

[Stewie Simpson]

Hi all. This is the final presentation of the Disston D8 panel saw refurbishment.

The handle has had 3 coats of garnet shellac. Later buffed to a nice shine.

The saw teeth have been sharpened with a crosscut profile of 10 degree's side fleam.

I also completed some test cuts with the panel saw on both hardwood & softwood to insure the work completed on resharpening the saw teeth was of an acceptable standard.

regards Stewie.

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