Nice to find old books like the Delta.. They don't tell idiots to keep fingers away from saw blades.. Refreshing from a time people didn't need warning labels on boxes of soap powder.. Cheers from Louisiana .. Mike
Hehe, that is definitely true! The manuals that come with machines today have about 5 pages of warnings for every one page of actual instruction. Worthless.
When I was 22 I got into a bad-way,had to move,had to turn my back on modern carpentry and take a job financed by a banker doing custom log cabins... “Financed by a banker means none of us made hardly shit” As a result of my ignorance with raw logs my mainstay job was shaping and debarking. The drawknife I was loaned was a crown.... I’m glad I clicked this video. My heart filled with pride seeing that thing again after all this time. I was so bad-ass when I was 22 that I could wrap my legs around a log,hang upside down and peel....I was really,truly something! Now-days I can hurt myself bending over to pick up a pencil too fast. 🙄 I can say,and say from experience that the crown drawknife is a tool no one could say anything bad about. I remember being very proud to tote mine around....till I had to give it back to the actual seasoned timber framer..... Anyways,if you take the paint off that saw I’m willing to bet it will be the most valuable score...considering it’s not too bad to bring back to life. The “hood ornament” not being snapped off is a VERY good sign that it’s worth the strip. D-12 maybe ?...I’m thinking it’s the one that tore up their machines as a result of the steel being so hard,and tilting the press wheels so extreme. “This could be determined with a pair of calipers,gaging the thickness of the tooth side,to that of the back.... The back should be MUCH thinner..... 😏 and if backsaws are hard to find in your area that probably means that you are from the south. 😁 Just like me. “I Don’t know what in the world our men of yesteryear had against quality backsaws!!”
Thanks, I really enjoyed reading your comment. I always appreciate hearing from folks who actually used tools like this to make a living (as opposed to just playing around with them, like I do). I'll measure the thickness of the saw blade and see if it's taper ground. I'm thinking it might be a 7 or 8, but it could be a 12. I'm in the Midwest. A lot of tools around here, but mostly the kind that you'd use on a farm for general repairs or to build something like a corn crib. Not quite so many fine woodworking tools around here. I looked at the backsaw a little closer and noticed that it has a Keystone brand etch on the blade, which was Disston's lower-priced line of saws. Still not bad for $3.
How amazing to start off your video with the will burt versa vice. I just did a video not too long ago dragging a will burt coal burner out of a basement. Cool lil vise
When I first read your comment, i thought to myself that it had to be a different Will-Burt company. But after doing some googling, you're absolutely right. Amazing that the same company that made these vises also made coal stokers. I learned something new. Thanks for that.
Nice grabs Vince. I'm pretty sure that handle is a D-100 (sold a few, handles go for a good amount on eBay). I think you're right on... plate doesn't look like it matches the handle. Those draw knives are in better shape than I usually find around here!
