Originally Posted by
Derek Cohen
Hi Tony
My mitre box is a Millers Falls, not a Disston. The #15 1/2 was made by MF. As far as I am aware, saws for MF were made by their own factory, not Disston (my MF74C has the original 28" MF saw). In any event, the 12" Disston saw you have is far too short.
In addition to the factory brochure I posted (above), here is a link to a post by Chris Schwarz, where he mentions that the 14" replacement saw he has is too short for his #16 1/2 (because that mitre box, too, used a 16" saw):
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/wo...on-mitre-boxes
I would suggest that your saw is unmodified, but it was never intended for the #15 1/2 mitre box. It was a replacement for the original saw by a previous owner - unless you purchased the MF new ... nah, you're not that old!
Regards from Perth
Derek
Derek,
Miter box is MF and saw by Disston. Thread got started because of questions about Disston making open handled backsaws (catalog only listed Jackson and Davis). It was for this reason that maybe 6, 8 years ago, in an old tool list discussion, Pete Taran expressed an interest in having a closer look at my saw, and I mailed it out to him.
Saw works in the miter box, but is a tad short (center to center spacing of upright guides is 6"). For molding, such as a 3/4" saw is fine, but don't try anything wider than 1-1/2" to 1-3/4", else the saw will slip out of the rear guide.
T.
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