Antique Saw Blade Sharpener [Restoration]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2017
- This tool restoration was mostly aesthetic and partially functional. The tool is a Minute Saw Filer made by the A.F. Geisinger MFG. Co. in the 1920s. It was mainly used to sharpen circular saw blades on trimmer saws. Trimmer saws were small table saws used by printers to trim printing plates so they would fit in a printing press. It was $25 USD in 1922, which is about $350 USD in 2017.
The saw sharpener was covered in random black paint on top of it's original green paint as had some rust on it. I decided not to polish the brass plate up too much as I really do like the look of brass patina. Generally, in the restoration world, polishing brass is blasphemy.
It was difficult to figure out how this machine works as the patent documents do not explain it very well. The main arbor and threaded nut needed to be moved to match the patent documents and a cone shaped metal piece was added to ensure the tool can work with a variety of saw blade arbor sizes. I could see myself using this on modern carbide-tipped blades if I can find a triangular diamond file and a blade without an anti-kickback design.
Check out the original patent here: www.google.com/patents/US1541560
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You just crack me up. I have small cell lung cancer and I need a good chuckle once in a while thanks
Thank you!
Robert Peters sorry to hear about your cancer. Will pray for you
My father in lay was a machine repairman... the things he could do with a hopeless case were amazing... making missing or broken parts on a mill and lathe for machines made in the 1920s,30s without plans or parts lists... he would have loved your vids as much as l do, miss him
Wish I could find a mechanic that is a good and meticulous as you restoring tools for my 1964 Chevy Impala, I'd be very happy
Never seen a saw blade sharpener like that, pretty neat. Always enjoy your videos.
"Olive Drab" was widely abundant and dirt cheap after WWI, My grandfather bought hundreds of 55 gallon drums of it surplus for his hardware and paint stores. All of his tools and delivery trucks were Olive Drab. Very cool tool, glad you have preserved it.
The camo paint was OD, the second coat was a little more forest service or WPA green
Haha I was going to comment "Hey, guy. That's OD green," but you beat me to it.
I love seeing these videos... I work in I.T. so I'm having to look at a computer program all day, so it's nice to see some good old machinery being taken apart and made beautiful again.
I'm having a bad week. Seeing your video notification make me feel much better.
arif k stay strong my friend!
arif k *huggles* OwO
I really enjoy your editing style and, of course, your fantastic sense of humor. I was expecting the theme music from “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” when you drew your WD40 from your holster! Oh, and the hot melt glue on the Vise Grip jaws - that one is a keeper for sure! Thanks.
+James Ralston haha, thank you.
Not only are your videos therapy for some of us, but you are also demonstrating the engineering that went into these tools. With the internet, you are now preserving the history that millions have used to build their future that we have today. Thank you!
Who ever invented that was a genius so was the person that built the prototype , AND you sir are a Genius for restoring and figuring out how it works. Thanks for sharing.
This guy always find cool and old tools to restore.
I am learning so many techniques from your shows even though I am pretty good around a shop..love to take apart things to see what they look like on the inside!
First time I have seen a manual blade sharpener. Excellent restoration.
Love the complex mechanics of this tool. Im sure in a production shop this thing was a massive help. I have a couple things sitting around I might send for you to fix and sell and put the money toward other projects...
With some modifications and replacement of the holding system to bring it back to original spec, this would be useful in any shop. Carbide tipped blades are generally used 10% of their potential then either used and blamed as useless or simply thrown out because people don't know you can either sharpen them or how to sharpen them.
Just last year, i was going to pick up some iron from the scrap yard, and found 30, used, but in good condition blades. Guy tells me it happens quite often.
Fairly complicated little device, lot of hours went into thinking on how to make it !
Nice to see it back in service ! Great job!
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
back in the day it was about making a product that would last a lifetime...
unlike today where most are made to fail after a few uses so you go buy another....
Grim Reaper
You got no argument with me on that !
Like you, I often look at some of incredibly complicated devices he renews and think how much time some bloke put into thinking through all the various steps and components that would be needed to make each tool work.
Scott McLennan
Yeah, I guess I tend to think like that because I've made many of my tools and know what it takes to get something working right!
Lots of hours spent on one apparatus or another because I couldn't find anything to do what I needed it to do!
Another beautiful finished legacy tool!
Thanks for all your hard work in getting this gorgeous little tool back to it's original state! Very impressive and so nice to see old technology and it's workings. Cheers
I love the engineering in these old tools. I wish we could get half that today in what's available. This was build to be serviced.
You do amazing work, It breaks my heart to realize how cheap and flimsy tools are made in this day and age, Those tools were built with craftsmanship.
Oh yeah! A really old tool restoration again. this kind of videos are my favorite.
Love the trick with the hot snot and vise grips! Great video!
Marvelous restoration - thanks for sharing and filming.
"Pretend it is sharpening" 😂 love you HTR
Nice save! This is one of my favorite TH-cam channels. I find it so relaxing and I like his humor.
It's good that the blade sharpener is painted in the original colour. Good work.
Always enjoyable to see how your hard work paid off in the end the tool is not just great looking but useful
There is something strangely mesmerizing about watching your videos..... Is it just me?
Thank you for saving these tools that would surly be lost to the scrap pile if not for you.
RIP scraper.... your sacrifice will be remembered....
Only one thing I would add to the restoration-you should have baked the paint in the oven! it does wonders for hardening the finish. My mum had a double oven which meant I could do valve covers in the top and swing arms in the bottom-all before mum came home! Look forward to the next one.
I really love your videos. I’ve always loved restoring things.
I love how you used the hot-snot to create soft jaws for your vice grips.
Love your work. Fascinating!
im not much good at stuff like this but i always find watching someone repair or restore tool like this awsome i dont know why
First one I have ever seen! Love the hardware! Great way to spend my lunch break!
Are your lucheon breaks thát long ?! Or do you mean wátching a restoration video during your break and not . . . uhmm
Awesome machine! Well done man
Your attention to details are impeccable my friend.
I love all of your videos. The rust removal is my favorite part. It's so satisfying.
Beautiful restoration
i love how every things so dirty then you see the nice clean polished threads on the bench vice
Wonderful job restoring that tool. Something I learned on another wood working channel is that brown paper bag paper makes a great burnishing "grit" for doing fine work like that maker's plate on the tool.
You gotta love some of those old paint colours.
one of the better tools for sure that i have seen restored, very interesting.
Man,,,you inspire me every time, thank you.
i think this is the only channel where i have watched every video..
Such a treat to watch your videos
Excellent idea on the hot glue! I've never thought of that clever idea. I will definitely use that!
Amazing! And beautiful work!
Thank you for the GREAT videos! The production is awesome.
I grew up taking my dads stuff apart in the garage as a kid, I had to know how everything worked...and most times the stuff never worked again after mystery springs flew away. Restoring was a great hobby before arthritis. I envy you.
+Don Hopkinson Thank you!
Great video. Love how you used some of the tool that you previously restored to restore this one. And love the fun jabs and stuff like that too.
Thanks!
You find the coolest stuff to restore. Good job.
Marvelously done, Monsieur ! I always fancy video's where the original colour is respected and reapplied.
Another awesome video. I have enjoyed watching all the projects you have done. It has inspired me to try and find tools to work on. Keep up the great work.
Another great restoration, nice job bud..Cheers
every morning ive been watching 1 of your videos. Coffee cigrits and tool resto!
Great work and great videos, not a bunch of yammering bs! well done man!
i use to use one of these when i was a kid, was my great grandfathers, he taught and had me sharpen all his saw (and chain saw) blades when i was a little kid because i did a better job then him due to his arthritis, still a skill i use till this day and has saved me thousands over the years
Does one typically spend thousands on blade sharpening? Am I doing life wrong?
4:40 What a brilliant idea.
i know huh im going to try that vice grips are my best friend lol
Wonder if anyone has made brass clip-on jaws for vise-grips yet..
I know, right?
So simple, yet so brilliant!
+Chaotic Logic You can also easily apply solder to the jaws. That's lasts a bit longer than hot glue.
used a bit of a cigarette pack before.
Very very good!!!
I love the soft grip pliers.
Love the maneuver with the hot glue on the vise grips!
I am amazed as to how you remember where each nut & bolt goes when you put it all back together. Very impressive.
+Adriana Canzano ;)
I'm super impressed how you remove those flathead screws without buggering them all to hell and back.
Sorcery!
@@HandToolRescue flathead screws are evil. EVIL!
I love the work that you do! Wonderfully done my friend. 👍👷
This was a strange tool. But I will tell you after watching many many of your videos..I have learned how to hold/handle a screw driver. Most ppl would say "Really lady"? The top part of the handle seems to stay in your palm allowing you to keep going till the screw was in or out. I'd always held it with handle resting in between my thumb and pointer then always having to stop and move it back up. Father was a principal and not a handy man lol soooo I wasn't ever shown or taught right. But thanks to watching these restore rescue video I've learned a great deal.
Hot glue padding in the visegrips! I learn a new trick every time I watch. Thanks so much.
I think 5hat is the most complicated machine you have tackled so far,an ingenious piece of machinery for sharpening saw blades,our did a first rate job on it a usual, and I'll give you my 5 ☆ rating
What an amazing piece of kit. Kudos to the guy who thought that up.
Awesome video HTR!
Very nice. I also like to rescue old stuff such as mopeds, machines, tools etc.
Excellent work Sir.
Always waiting for you to update a new video.... Keep up with the awesome work😎
+Rushi Shah Thank you!
Lovely little machine
i think its the best restoration so far. Please keep going!
Outstanding! amazing job!
Nice work. I always enjoy your videos.
Really sweet work on this one bud!
Hi, I'm from Brazil and I like your vídeos so much 🖒
Oia nóis na fita
Beautiful job.
that drill bit hammering kinda made my skin crawl
I like your job. I'm relaxing watching your video
Nice Job!
Another great video Thanks.
truly amazing as all your videos are
How many more projects like this can you possibly have. I like old tools but I've not seen a fraction of the things you restore!
Ahhhh that green... brings back memories. My family had a business for @ 75 years that did locksmithing and safe work, as well as saw sharpening as well as gunsmithing and a half dozen other different things. I remember seeing a sharpener just like this one in the sharpening area, and it was the same color. Apparently, after WWI there was a LOT of 'Army Green' paint left over. Not sure i would call it olive drab. :P. It got used on EVERYTHING. Odd thing about the stuff was how versatile it was. There were additives to make it glossy and even give it a rough crinkle finish. We had to VERY old machines circa 1935 that were done in that color, one crinkle, the other I think was glossy to begin with.
Amazing. Great job
Man I wish I had your talent. I love working on things and great at taking them apart, my trouble comes putting it back together again lol. I have a few things I have apart and have no idea how to put them back together.
I've watched many of your R&R's and I must say you do some very nice work! Also seeing some of these projects is really cool to see how tools were really built! You must have a great memory to k ow where everything goes! You must be taking pics no!!?? Lol thanks for the entertainment!!
2x the speed never fails. Good work.
Another great video. Always interesting to see how far forward we have come, and sometimes backward too! 😂😂😂
Haha, that look you give the camera when using the sandblaster had me cackling like an idiot. Your videos are getting better every time!
+WopJon I'm watching you.
at first I thought this was a pretty simple thing, then I kept watching how many parts you were removing! x_x
waiting your videos like children wainting christmas! good work, great thanks!
sorry about my english, and hello from belarus :)
Thank you!
Great job.
Nice job!
One thing I like about your channel is that there is no stupid loud music over everything.
that color looks pretty good on it
Thank you for the natural ambient noise instead of sone annoyingly loud music
I can honestly say the gas powered restorations are my favorite.
Neat trick with the hot glue and vice grips, I'll have to try it next time I need soft jaw pliars
Well done brother well done.
ROFLMHO - Your opening scene with the WD-40 is a classic. My late father called WD-40 "That magic stuff" as in give me that can of magic stuff. He was around when it first on the market and loved it.
Total relax . Bravo dude :)