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H. DISSTON & SONS hand saw |
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ACinSC
Orange Level Joined: 16 Dec 2015 Location: South Carolina Points: 2717 |
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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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Kansas99
Orange Level Access Joined: 26 Feb 2015 Location: W Kansas Points: 4850 |
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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"
Edited by Kansas99 - 26 Feb 2022 at 12:29pm |
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ACinSC
Orange Level Joined: 16 Dec 2015 Location: South Carolina Points: 2717 |
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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 !
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6234 |
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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.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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ACinSC
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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 !
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festus51
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I would like to see it.
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6234 |
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Lehmans Hardware www.lehmans.com still has the one and two-man saws listed but they are pricey.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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DaveKamp
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Location: LeClaire, Ia Points: 5715 |
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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...
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Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest.
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WeisAC2
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ACinSC
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Not a very good picture, but here it is thanks to my favorite son . That's 3' rule on it. Thanks
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Dave H
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Central IL Points: 3491 |
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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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thendrix
Orange Level Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Location: Fairmount GA Points: 4828 |
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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 |
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Dave H
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As I foggily recall, wasn't Junior's phone number BR549?
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thendrix
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That it was Dave
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DiyDave
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FloydKS
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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...
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ACinSC
Orange Level Joined: 16 Dec 2015 Location: South Carolina Points: 2717 |
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Thanks for the replies
I just wonder what this saw was used for ? |
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DiyDave
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 51352 |
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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?
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ACinSC
Orange Level Joined: 16 Dec 2015 Location: South Carolina Points: 2717 |
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Thanks Dave, I'll have to check out the teeth.
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