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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: woodland_hank on July 06, 2020, 03:05:33 PM

Title: What is it?
Post by: woodland_hank on July 06, 2020, 03:05:33 PM

From my spouses grandfather. What is it?

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Bill Houghton on July 06, 2020, 03:26:24 PM

You've got your spouse's grandfather's left hand?  Man, is he generous!

No idea what's in his hand, though.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: wrenchguy on July 06, 2020, 05:46:20 PM

Crosscut saw handle.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: woodland_hank on July 06, 2020, 06:39:36 PM

I don’t think it’s a saw handle.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Berryb on July 06, 2020, 06:54:12 PM

If those cones screw up and down then I agree that it's a saw handle. If not, maybe a nutmeg grinder. Thanks
Bruce

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: lptools on July 06, 2020, 07:05:04 PM

I think it's a saw handle.Should be threaded. You would screw/unscrew the handle, or, sleeve until the maximum amount of the loop is exposed, then slide the loop over the end of the crosscut saw blade.Tighten as needed. Yours resembles the Disston 222. Regards, Lou

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: woodland_hank on July 06, 2020, 08:43:11 PM

I stand corrected. It is a saw handle. Thanks everyone!

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: coolford on July 07, 2020, 03:15:51 PM

Saw handles are hard to come by, lots of old crosscut saws out there without handles or with rotted handles.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: gibsontool on July 07, 2020, 09:19:50 PM

I'll second the post from coolford, those handles are getting harder and harder to find, but as he says there are lots of saw around but the majority of them are 5 or 6 foot saws. I have 1 pair of real nice handles and 2 not so nice. I'm on the lookout for a 10 or 12 foot saw to mount them on.  I'm about 500 miles from the coast so the long saws were not very common this far inland but I sure I will eventually find one.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: humber2 on July 08, 2020, 01:37:16 AM

Quote from: lptools on July 06, 2020, 07:05:04 PM

I think it's a saw handle.Should be threaded. You would screw/unscrew the handle, or, sleeve until the maximum amount of the loop is exposed, then slide the loop over the end of the crosscut saw blade.Tighten as needed. Yours resembles the Disston 222. Regards, Lou

How did #103 get its name?

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: gibsontool on July 08, 2020, 08:39:57 AM

Lou. Where did you manage to find that info on the saw handle,I'd really like to have a closer look at it .Thanks ,Jim.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: lptools on July 08, 2020, 09:12:44 AM

Hello, gibsontool. I hope this helps!! Other than the cover page, that is all I have. Regards, Lou

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: gibsontool on July 09, 2020, 08:50:58 AM

Thanks Lou, this may help me identify what I have.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Bill Houghton on July 09, 2020, 03:23:55 PM

Quote from: humber2 on July 08, 2020, 01:37:16 AM

How did #103 get its name?

That's a conversation to put off until you're a little older...

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: bill300d on July 10, 2020, 12:46:05 PM

here is a link to that same manual that Lou is showing Gibson.
https://archive.org/details/DisstonSawToolFileManual1936/page/n47/mode/2up (https://archive.org/details/DisstonSawToolFileManual1936/page/n47/mode/2up)

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: gibsontool on July 10, 2020, 02:31:32 PM

Tanks bill300d, good info. was not aware of that site.