Saw Sharpening
Edwin M. Love explains how to sharpen your own saws, a skill once widely known and now largely forgotten.
Sharpening Your Own Saws (original article)
Files
Here is a two-part article about files from an era when files were used more extensively than today. If you wish to learn about files and how to use them here is your chance.
Files And How To Use Them (part1) (original article)
Files And How To Use Them (part2) (original article)
1925 Disston Saw Ad
An interesting advertisement for Disston Saws from February, 1925 issue of Popular Mechanics.
“To the Million Young Men who will buy their first saws this year”. Clearly a copy from the time when Americans were still makers.
Disston Saw Ad (original advertisement)
Henry Disston (Wikipedia)
Disston Saw Works (Wikipedia)
The Disstonian Institute (Eric von Sneidern’s Disston saw online reference)
Treadle Powered Grindstone
J. V. Romig describes a home-made treadle powered frame for a grindstone.
Mounting The Grindstone (original article)
