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Title: Very small hack saw
Post by: Branson on March 14, 2015, 07:03:51 AM

Five dollars shipping and 99 cents got me this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Estate-Old-Antique-Iron-Small-Hand-Hack-Saw-Tool-9-75-034-l-/261735311326?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=SaYAhAIzK8xuTSX18vSmMi0%252Bme4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Cute, hunh?  But when I got it I discovered it had been in the process of being made, and was unfinished.  There were no holes for the pins to hold the blade.  Newest Old Stock I've run across.  It seemed the perfect job for the Yankee No. 1003 I just acquired.  The drill worked perfectly, and the little saw now sports a 4 1/2 inch section of a Wilkinson hacksaw blade.

Title: Re: Very small hack saw
Post by: bill300d on March 14, 2015, 09:44:57 AM

Looks like a nice little saw. Does it look like it was shop made?  When I look at the pics I see a drift punch and a c-clamp or am I way off. Wonder the original owners intended use was. I guess that's what make tools like this so much fun, always lot of questions.

bill

Title: Re: Very small hack saw
Post by: jimwrench on March 14, 2015, 09:57:22 AM

  Neat little saw. I think it would look nice with a wooden handle.

Title: Re: Very small hack saw
Post by: bonneyman on March 14, 2015, 03:10:33 PM

PM ScottG. He is awesome with wood.

Title: Re: Very small hack saw
Post by: Branson on March 15, 2015, 08:32:27 AM

Quote from: bill300d on March 14, 2015, 09:44:57 AM

Looks like a nice little saw. Does it look like it was shop made?  When I look at the pics I see a drift punch and a c-clamp or am I way off. Wonder the original owners intended use was. I guess that's what make tools like this so much fun, always lot of questions.
bill

I'm certain it is shop made.  I have a similar saw marked 1870 and Sacramento California, with a touch mark and the maker's name, William M. Brown.  Brown was a machinist who lived close to the Rail Road yards.  It's a couple of inches longer, but the pattern of the frame is the same.
My suspicion is that these are both tools of a pattern made and used by machinists -- the sort of tool that served, in part, as a demonstration of the maker's skill.

Brown's has an oak handle, but I think the smaller one was never intended to have a wooden handle.  The handle is a very well worked tapered round that would work fine for very small jobs.

Title: Re: Very small hack saw
Post by: Branson on March 15, 2015, 08:33:47 AM

Quote from: jimwrench on March 14, 2015, 09:57:22 AM

  Neat little saw. I think it would look nice with a wooden handle.

I routinely make wooden handles for a lot of my tools, but I don't think this little saw was ever meant to have one.

Title: Re: Very small hack saw
Post by: Chillylulu on March 24, 2015, 11:20:50 AM

I like it. Nice find.

Chilly