Disston 41 Inch 1 Man Crosscut Saw Restore and Horse Packing Case Build

[Just Duke]

Right now everything is drying or I'm waiting on parts so we pried the nails off the wall and will be working on this today.
I got to get all this stuff done because time is running out.
This saw is a perforated lance tooth for soft woods.

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Here shows the hole for the auxiliary handle for buddy use.

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[Just Duke]

Handle needs new lacquer and a couple extra handles made up.
Rust needs to be removes and the best thing that I found is furniture stripper and then Easy Off Oven Cleaner.

[Just Duke]

R&D for the transportation case layout.

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[Just Duke]

Let the GOOPING! commence!

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[Walter Laich]

I'll sign up to watch your progress

[skeettx]

Me also

[Just Duke]

I'm going to need a couple leather cases for the two bark peeling spuds.

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[Just Duke]

The Oil Can Harry. For Kerosene....

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[Just Duke]

Auxiliary handle

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[Just Duke]

Blade tooth conditioning tools older than myself.

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[ghh3rd]

I love seeing "MADE IN USA"!

[Just Duke]

The rust is all gone and the handle is all stripped and sanded. The handle does need some Bondo in one place.
The handle also looked like it had some staining so I'm going to Bleach it then neutralize it with White Vinegar so it will all look the same.
The saw older than I am by about 25 years BTW.

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[Sweetpea]

I love it!

[Le Loup Solitaire]

A well organized and executed project, especially for back or horse-packing. Perforated lance tooth design will also work quite well on hard wood if the teeth and rakers are set for it. Tool kit should include file(s) swaging hammer and pin gauge. Diston made good saws. A saw vise helps with operations, but one can be improvised in the field with a little ingenuity when necessary. LLS

[Love Life]

You do the coolest stuff.

[Just Duke]

You do the coolest stuff.

Thank you. It's just things I have to have.

[texassako]

Yours looks a lot nicer than mine, and it used to hang on a wall as well. It took me hours to file it back into proper cutting shape after finding a good youtube video on sharpening one properly. I am interested to see how your transport case turns out. Mine just gets turned into a plywood sandwich bolted through the auxiliary handle holes to keep things safe from the teeth and the teeth nice and sharp.

[Bzcraig]

Duke you are truly an artisan and a renaissance man. Your attention to detail sets you apart from the crowd.

[Just Duke]

Duke you are truly an artisan and a renaissance man. Your attention to detail sets you apart from the crowd.

Thank you sir but I'm just a regular guy. Anyone can do these things.

[Just Duke]

A well organized and executed project, especially for back or horse-packing. Perforated lance tooth design will also work quite well on hard wood if the teeth and rakers are set for it. Tool kit should include file(s) swaging hammer and pin gauge. Diston made good saws. A saw vise helps with operations, but one can be improvised in the field with a little ingenuity when necessary. LLS

For hardwoods the saw tooth style is called a Tuttle tooth or Champion tooth.Two different styles. It looks like Shark teeth.

[Just Duke]

In the background is the 8 holsters I need to sew up. Also Rifle scabbard plans.
Screw driver set for installing MVA sights on all my 1886 rifles.
I'm swamped!

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[Just Duke]

I need to feed this.


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[andremajic]

Were you testing out the high-temp paint outdoors Duke? :D

Or is that what it came painted in?

[Just Duke]

Were you testing out the high-temp paint outdoors Duke? :D

Or is that what it came painted in?

Naw. You have to burn these in before putting them in a tent and using them or you'll gas yourself out of the tent. The paint stinks to no end until you burn them in.
I'm on my fourth stove in this life time..........
Eventually they end up with a nice black patina which then I just coat them with EVOO to keep them from rusting.

[skeettx]

Extra Virgin Olive Oil = EVOO

Is it hard to find Virgin Olives??

[bob208]

in my younger days on the farm I cut a lot of wood with one of those. before using wax it good with mother's car wax. I have one like that on the back porch. it does not look as nice. I also have one with the finer teeth for hard woods. you can get replacement handles from Lehman's.

[Just Duke]

This will have to dry over night due to the tension on the 1/4" Maple rib.

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[Just Duke]

in my younger days on the farm I cut a lot of wood with one of those. before using wax it good with mother's car wax. I have one like that on the back porch. it does not look as nice. I also have one with the finer teeth for hard woods. you can get replacement handles from Lehman's.

Yep, I've been running crosscut since I was 18. Wilderness area's and Summer Fire Hazard area's will not let you use a chain saw.

[Just Duke]

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[6bg6ga]

That is too cool

[StrawHat]

I like your jointing tool. I have the same one, but different sets. I file 4 or 5 saws a year. Not a job I particularly enjoy but it pays well.

[Walter Laich]

do you inherit these items or find and buy them?
.
BTW: great work

[w5pv]

We use to have one that my grandfather gave to us.We never used it much as a 4ft Buck saw was much easier to work with.My brother may have it but I think when my mother sold and moved from the old place it was left for some one else.

[Iowa Fox]

I remember when my dad purchased a Disston 2 man 2 cylinder chain saw. We sure cut a lot of wood and trees with it. Dads been gone for 22 years but we still have the saw at the farm.

[Just Duke]

do you inherit these items or find and buy them?
.
BTW: great work

Antiquing from years ago.

[Just Duke]

The four bulges in the pic are grommet bosses. Complete thickness of the case is 3/4 inch. Anyone know where you can get grommets that will accommodate 3/4 inch?
I'm going to put a fifth grommet at the toe end of the case also.
The top half of the case will be glued on today.


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[Just Duke]

I like your jointing tool. I have the same one, but different sets. I file 4 or 5 saws a year. Not a job I particularly enjoy but it pays well.

I'm in need of a Gibbs Jointer if anyone has one.

[Just Duke]

So then the stove goes into one of the tents we picked up years ago for running a guide/packer/outfitter service.
But that was before some malevolent entity decided they were going to feed 80% of the Elk and Moose in N. ID & WA to the Wolves....... Looks like were going to go make cows now but we can still go hunting back in our neck of the woods.
I ask the fools that were in charge of Game Management what their jobs were. They said Game Management...... Looks like to me there is no more game to manage by the works of your hands and you put yourselves out of a job. What! did you eat paint chips off the wall as a child or were you parents brother and sister? But of course they were just doing what they were told to do..........

Here's a pic of myself with the old ball and chain. <sigh>
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[Just Duke]

El Clampo De La Rack'O

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[Just Duke]

Bone Saws

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[Blacksmith]

The four bulges in the pic are grommet bosses. Complete thickness of the case is 3/4 inch. Anyone know where you can get grommets that will accommodate 3/4 inch?
I'm going to put a fifth grommet at the toe end of the case also.
The top half of the case will be glued on today.


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Looks Like you need the #8 size grommets 0.382" maximum material thickness. McMaster Carr sells them:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#two-piece-grommets/=r91xz1

In either brass PN 9606K49 or nickle PN 87995K59.

You might get away with a smaller size by counter boring the holes to reduce the thickness.

[Just Duke]

Flush route to profile.

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[Just Duke]

Sanded and awaiting 5 grommets, Copper Burrs along the edges, 2 Clevis Pins and clips to hold the saw in place and lacquer.http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/COWBOY.gif~original (http://s921.photobucket.com/user/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/media/COWBOY.gif.html)


Shown here also is 5 through indexing holes to drill for grommets.

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[Just Duke]

Looks Like you need the #8 size grommets 0.382" maximum material thickness. McMaster Carr sells them:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#two-piece-grommets/=r91xz1

In either brass PN 9606K49 or nickle PN 87995K59.

You might get away with a smaller size by counter boring the holes to reduce the thickness.

Thanks for the link Blackie. Is that the largest diameter hole they have?

[Just Duke]

I also need to find some 1 inch Maple to make a couple extra handles.
I hope I live long enough to use all my junk........

[StrawHat]

Look for 5/4 stock at the lumber yard. Or 6/4 stock. Easiest would be to purchase 1x and glue it up. Then machine it down to 1"(5/4). Many of the Disston and other companies saws used apple for the handles. Hard, dense and tight grained with small pores. Easily carved and held details. Much better than maple but a lot harder to find.

[Blacksmith]

Thanks for the link Blackie. Is that the largest diameter hole they have?

I don't know . I knew McMaster carried grommets and those seem to be the biggest they carry. A quick look with Google shows grommet numbers as high as at least #20 but most are made for fabric so the material thickness becomes an issue. A detailed search may find what you want. If you cant find them and you wanted big ones you could probably make some by Metal Spinning.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Metal-Spinning-on-a-Wood-Lathe/

[Just Duke]

I have more scrap 1/4" Baltic Birch and more saws to do. Stay tuned guys. ;)

[Just Duke]

Uh I'm out of White Vinegar....................

[onceabull]

This story motivated me to go out and search for my 3 ft.Bucksaw ,last used around '88 on our last adventure in the Selway country...it's so wet there one needs to cut standing dead ones for wood..or find a place where all the windfall has left some up off the ground.. Onceabull

[Blacksmith]

I ought to go look for mine I have a one man similar to Duke's and blades for two man both softwood and hardwood style teeth.

[Just Duke]

That's great to her guys.
We deneutralized the handle with White Vinegar and it's drying as we speak.

[Just Duke]

This story motivated me to go out and search for my 3 ft.Bucksaw ,last used around '88 on our last adventure in the Selway country...it's so wet there one needs to cut standing dead ones for wood..or find a place where all the windfall has left some up off the ground.. Onceabull

Bitterroot area?

[onceabull]

Yes,(the last two times )going in from Lost Horse Pass... Onceabull

[Just Duke]

Yes,(the last two times )going in from Lost Horse Pass... Onceabull

Ah Nice! I believe Kit Carson ventured through there once or twice. A big man for only being 5'2".

[waksupi]

Yes,(the last two times )going in from Lost Horse Pass... Onceabull

Did you stop at the saloon? The pictures in there of a guy taking his pack string through the saloon is an old friend of mine.

[Just Duke]

Did you stop at the saloon? The pictures in there of a guy taking his pack string through the saloon is an old friend of mine.

Puchi Gap?

[lmcollins]

I fixed up my chipped and split saw handles with accraclass gel. Filed and sanded it to final form. I don't think that bondo would last. It just sort of powders when impacted. For finish I just used Watco Danish Oil. Cheap and easy. Wipe it on thick. Sand it in with a bit of old 400 or 600 grit wet-or-dry paper. Let it soak a while, and wipe it off with a paper towel. Next day give everthing another couple coates. Just soak it up, and then wipe after 10 minutes or so.

For grommets I was wondering if you coulden't make something up out of copper plumbing tubeing. Cut it long and swage one end out with a tapered drift. Put it through the hole in your wood, and then swage out the other end. You are working with wood, and just need to line your holes for tying, and lashing. Maybe swage the tubeing out over a washer. Just thinking to myself. How about plastic pipe? Even easier... maybe with a heat gun.

Good luck. I am just brain storming. You just need easy and cheap. Someone else pickup on my thoughts.

[skeettx]

For your grommets, looks like you may need to use a 444 Marlin case with the head removed,
inserted into the leather and curl both ends
Mike

question: you want grommets for the hollow center for hanging and not rivets just to hold the
leather together, right?

This is a cool place

http://www.brasscomponentsfasteners.com/index.htm

[Frank46]

DUKE, not to get off this thread, but lowes sells a saw made by Corona. Works on the pull stroke is slightly curved and has a wood handle. I keep one on my tractor and it will cut up to 8" logs. Dead wood or green wood sails right through the stuff. Has the teeth similar to the expensive japanese pull saws. Might be worth looking into if you are hurting for space on the pack horse. Frank

[Just Duke]

DUKE, not to get off this thread, but lowes sells a saw made by Corona. Works on the pull stroke is slightly curved and has a wood handle. I keep one on my tractor and it will cut up to 8" logs. Dead wood or green wood sails right through the stuff. Has the teeth similar to the expensive japanese pull saws. Might be worth looking into if you are hurting for space on the pack horse. Frank

This one? http://www.lowes.com/pd_248694-63731-RS%2B7500D_0__?productId=1070921

[Just Duke]

Grommet hole size are like tarp size grommet holes. 3/4" ID is what I'm looking. ;)

[Frank46]

Duke, yep thats the one. Comes in mighty handy after a big storm. Think I have two or three of them. Keep misplacing them for some reason. Last time at Lowe's bought two more so's I could find at least one. Must be getting old. Frank

[Just Duke]

Duke, yep thats the one. Comes in mighty handy after a big storm. Think I have two or three of them. Keep misplacing them for some reason. Last time at Lowe's bought two more so's I could find at least one. Must be getting old. Frank

Respectfully Frank up in Oregon 8 inches is a twig to us. This one pictured is my smallest crosscut saw.

[Just Duke]

Handle and case sprayed and curing.

[Pb2au]

Cool project Duke. I'm a sucker for crosscut saws.

[Red River Rick]

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[Pb2au]

Duke, I volunteer me and the wife as mule skinners.
I can cook, light fires in wet weather, darn socks, cuss, make proper biscuits, shoot guns, lift heavy objects and repair every mechanical thing known to man.
I can ride horses, but not very expertly.

[Just Duke]

Duke, I volunteer me and the wife as mule skinners.
I can cook, light fires in wet weather, darn socks, cuss, make proper biscuits, shoot guns, lift heavy objects and repair every mechanical thing known to man.
I can ride horses, but not very expertly.

The ranch were looking at trading into has 2 guest homes if your serious. Bring your umbrella. Will you gift me a maus? I would need to see a larger pic of the cat and his references as far as mousing goes. ;)
Says you have a wife but I would rather see pics of your lead stash.

[oscarflytyer]

Like the bone saws! I have my GF's old one. Seeing yours and the crosscut, I need to clean mine up and restore it.

[Just Duke]

The finish is all done. The clevis pin holes both line up.
Just waiting on Grommets and Copper Burrs.
If you click on the pics and then the magnifier icon the pics will be 3 times larger if anyone is interested.


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[Pb2au]

The ranch were looking at trading into has 2 guest homes if your serious. Bring your umbrella. Will you gift me a maus? I would need to see a larger pic of the cat and his references as far as mousing goes. ;)
Says you have a wife but I would rather see pics of your lead stash.

Lead stash is about a half ton. Just found a new "mine", so soon to be increasing rapidly.
My one cat is a stone cold killer on mice. The other cat pretty much opens the panty door for them.

[Pb2au]

Very cool.
So is the idea that saw, (in the wooden scabbard) is lashed via leather straps along the side of the horse/mule? Front to back I mean.
Thanks.

[Just Duke]

Very cool.
So is the idea that saw, (in the wooden scabbard) is lashed via leather straps along the side of the horse/mule? Front to back I mean.
Thanks.

Yes sir. 5 lashing grommets. Copper Burrs just arrived today.

[kootne]

I had Dad's old saw, till my kid made off with it. Dad smokejumped '49-'51 and saved 1/2 a 6' saw that broke (I think chute or static line on an equiptment pack failed). He worried a new hole for the handle on the broke (big) end of the blade and made a scabbard by slitting a piece of 3" canvas/rubber firehose and adding some leather straps and buckles to go around the back of the blade to retain it. That saw spent 50+ years behind the seat of the 3 pickups he owned in that time span. Not the best one man saw but several times we used it to saw out after a tree blew across the road after we'd driven in.
There is a very good pamphlet put out by the Forest Service a number of years ago on properly sharpening crosscuts. Those tools you have jogged a memory of the first couple years I burned wood. My wife and I had a 6' two man saw and a 1950 Chevy pick-up. It had a short/narrow box but it was a quite workout to fill it. Somebody gave me the sharpening book and I homemade the sharpening tools and the saw really cut much better after that. Then I got a 065 Husky, now I don't even burn wood. But thank you for the memories, God Bless,
kootne

[smoked turkey]

Duke, this was a very interesting thread. I really enjoy seeing your restoration projects. I am inspired by your grit to get things done right. You could have been a good engineer (you may be one because you have the "knack"), but you certainly must be a first born or an "only" the way you go about things.

[Just Duke]

Duke, this was a very interesting thread. I really enjoy seeing your restoration projects. I am inspired by your grit to get things done right. You could have been a good engineer (you may be one because you have the "knack"), but you certainly must be a first born or an "only" the way you go about things.

Thank you. I was an engineer at one time.

[Whiterabbit]

Here's a pic of myself with the old ball and chain. <sigh>
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Wait, what? Now I know exactly where your internet handle came from. Exactly.

[Just Duke]

Actually I just pulled it out of my hat. There was a video game character by that name on a poster, at a mall, Clackamas Town Center Mall in OR. To this day I not ever video gamed nor do I know how.

[Whiterabbit]

well, the name you pulled out of a hat, the guy looks similar to you. close on the hair.

[Just Duke]

Copper Burrs counter sunk level with surface.

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[Pb2au]

Looking good!
Am I correct in assuming the radiused bump outs along the top and bottom are where the leather straps will be secured?

[Just Duke]

Looking good!
Am I correct in assuming the radiused bump outs along the top and bottom are where the leather straps will be secured?

Thanks for the kind words.
The bumps have index holes drilled in them. They will now have 3/4" holes drilled in them for brass grommets. Ropes can then be run through the grommet bosses.

[Just Duke]

well, the name you pulled out of a hat, the guy looks similar to you. close on the hair.


Here's a more recent pic I took tonight. Hope this helps.
My only concerns are sending out a search party to find materials suitable to fashion my scepter.

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[Pb2au]

Here's a more recent pic I took tonight. Hope this helps.
My only concerns are sending out a search party to find materials suitable to fashion my scepter.

Ya know, I really need a proper chair like that in my living room. You know, to sit and brood in. The maidens help too.

[Just Duke]

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