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268930 Kirk Eppler 2019‑07‑18 Re: saw
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:03 AM John Ruth  wrote:

>
> (I practiced on saws in such awful condition that anything done to them
> could only be an improvement.  You’ve seen them at the Flea Markets and
> other venues: “Cow and Calf” teeth, irreparable bends, etc.  If, after your
> best effort, it’s still not a useable saw, which is a given for the bent
> ones, you can cut it up into scrapers. But, you will have learned about saw
> filing along the way!)
>

Even those aren't complete losses.  Salvage the handle, salvage the nuts
and medallion, the back too.  They can all be reused on a different toast
saw.  There are so many fouled up ones out there
-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, with a decent stash of users to be, and some
parts donors too.

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