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Wood Magnet
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| EJJ150847 wrote: |
I'd love to get an old wooden Jack plane, you know about 2 ft long we used at school, to me the blades held their edge longer.
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Me too John, i love using old hand tools when possible. 
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Welsh Decorator
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Location: Cheshire
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Got an old wooden jack, with blade, I think it's around the 36" mark  without mesureing it, even got a few moulding planes, nothing quite like em. 
Saws wise, 3 Distons, a D95 D8 panal & 14" Tennon, also a nice brass backed one
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joiner_uk
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Location: Sheffield
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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Jack saw are best all round saws, stay sharp and cut well
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fin
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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i normally use the bahco 244 saws. I find they last probably the longest of all the available saws. then again as soon as they cut laminate the set has gone off them anyway and its time for a new saw.
im 27 and i can remember the joiners i worked with as a youngun had all the old distin saws. we also used them at school. theres a few in my shed here. perhaps i should get em sharpened up and use them instead of the normal hardpoint type saws.
remember the old wooden toolboxes joiners always had back in the day? with the spaces for saws etc hahaha |
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chippymike
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Bahco 244's for me as its what my ferm give us but i think they are the best hardpoint handsaw, and i use a stanley fatmax back saw for the odd small trim job etc |
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trumpetmonkey
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Joined: 18 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Irwin Jack saws seem to be a great general use saw, about £4.50 I think it was last time I bought one (from a trade store). Also one time I got really frustrated and slamed the toothed edge down into a piec of wood (not very professional I know!) and the teeth didn't break!!
On a slightly different subject, someone mentioned a saw from Lidl. I was wondering, have many people used the cheap tools you can get at Lidl and how good are they really?? Someone was telling me they got a laser level there and it was great. |
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