[DKV]

I'm going broke trying to keep up with you guys.

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Thanks, Doc. The part is mine, now to find thumbscrews and rods… Assembly continues!

 

[racerglen]

I started with the plywood variety, then at some point a plastic Stanley showed up..briefly..then this guy..

He's got a 2×2 screwed to the base, initialy that was to use in the Workmate, but now it just drops in my bench vice as required..I put it in service rescently for the crown mouldings on a case my son's "making" he was out of town at the time and wondered how I'd cut the miters as he has an ex boss that dropped 6 g on kitchen cabnets you can see daylight through the miters..go figure..
And then came..

not sure of the vintage, but it's a Craftsman with a 28" bladed German made Craftsman saw.

The saw has a plywood handle, slightly relieved to fit my tender hand.
The base alows me to put it where ever needed.

 

[donwilwol]

Glen, that's a nice looking rig. I always try yo look at plywood saw handles as laminated gun stocks. They are an upgrade. I love the greenish Remington laminated stocks.

 

[racerglen]

But never mind the Remington multi colored plastic of the '60s ?

;-)

 

[donwilwol]

yea, some of those should be on Daisey BB guns

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

That Craftsman is done up nice! Is that original paint, or did you do some rehab to it? And it's amazing you get good results from that Handyman. I think a video tutorial is in order…

 

[racerglen]

Orriginal paint, just gleaned the years of gunk off.
Ah, video ? You've seen how most of my stills turn out Smitty…
Just make sure the clamping thingie is in the right spot and DO NOT use the offshore brass backed saw..

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Now I'm thinking of reshaping the Craftsman saw handle pictured above. Anything would be an improvement, right? And there's a backsaw in the shop that must have come from a small mitre setup, it had a plastic handle. Not greenish, like what was on my Daisy, but rather black. It's actually comfortable to use.

 

[racerglen]

MY SAW HANDLE ?
I've already done some, but if I were to do anything else it'd be "real" wood..

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Sorry, the craftsman handle I have… Yours is definitely an improvement, mine is 'as shipped.' I've got a ziploc ready to go, so if I reshape and sand off the finish I can even get some color into it. Mine's not ply, but solid (I think, anyway).

 

[racerglen]

The other saw, over on dreams there of, has a solid handle, same medalion as the miter box one..
I did very little to it, but the big guy here required quite a bit of "breaking the edge" before it was anywhere near comfortable.

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Went to Arnold, Mo. after work for a like-new Workmate, ended up with that and another mitrebox. Saw is a Disston (26×5), etch reads "Made Expressly For GOODELL-PRATT COMPANY Toolsmiths GREENFIELD-MASS"

No marks on the box, but pistons are very Langdon-like…

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Owner explained his mother had the saw wrapped carefully in newspaper from the day it came home from the hardware store from a sharpening, decades ago. Price of that sharpening and pick-up date in grease pencil, on the blade:

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Never seen this before, but front piston can be adjusted outward for wider boards. Loosen the big screw in the center of the pic and slide…

No maker's marks on the mitrebox itself… :-(. Anybody got ideas?

 

[lysdexic]

What you going to do with that Smitty? How many does that make?

 

[jusfine]

None of these look like my Festool miter saw, is this where I add the photo?

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Go for it, Randy!

Uhm… The answer is six, and I've sold one that's not in that count. Two more will sell, I think…

 

[Smitty_Cabinetshop]

Goodell-Pratt from 1899-1931, when it was purchased by Millers Falls.

 

[ksSlim]

Smitty.. Score!! that one is a keeper. Grip better than average, full adjustable pistons, what more can you ask.
Saw even has the big D markings. Miter box only lacks the ultra thin wood filler in the saw track that came shipped with them new.