An old M-F 74 (right) and a newer Langdon (left). Both work very well and are accurate but the later one is less fussy to adjust.
An old M-F 74 (right) and a newer Langdon (left). Both work very well and are accurate but the later one is less fussy to adjust.
Last edited by Mike Brady; 10-20-2011 at 11:31 PM.
Both them look great Mike! How much time did you spend rehabbing them?
Great info on these classic saws!
Here is the best site I know of for Millers Falls Langdon miter box information: https://sites.google.com/site/langdo.../home/catalogs
Use it if you really want to do a precise restoration of the tool's functions. This site isn't fancy, but is has a lot of useful information.
The only real difference between a #74 and a #75 is the LENGTH of the saw being used. The 75 used a 30" long by 5" deep saw, the 74 had a 28" long saw, by 5" deep. side view.jpg
This is how my #75 came home from a Garage sale ( $15) Cleaned up rather nicely...
saw.jpg
Currently, that 30" saw is in need of a sharpening....so I am running the 28" long saw. Both are 5" under the spine, both fit either box.
Tom, It depends on your computer's operating system.
It also depends on other preferences. Often it is easy for me to save pages as a web archive. This lets me save full pages as a file that opens with a browser but saves it on my computer.
Other times text is copied and pasted in to a text editor for saving.
Sometimes an image file is more useful. My computer is an iMac. There are system commands that allow the user to capture images from the screen as an image file. My understanding is this is available on current Microsoft operating systems.
jtk
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