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    Free Atkins Saw Booklet

    Copyright 1930 and scanned by Chris Schwarz.

    Here's the story:

    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/wo...home-craftsmen

    Here is the file:

    http://www.popularwoodworking.com/wp...s_booklet2.pdf

    Lots of good stuff inside.

    jtk
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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    Thanks Jim! Believe it or not, I'm in the middle of an Atkins saw restoration...will be a fun read while waiting for the glue to dry.
    Phil

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    Small world Phil! I love this place.

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    I have one of their booklets a little older that I bought off ebay. It's from the late 19th Century, and has all sorts of interesting charts in it, like the number of shingles (wooden) required for various exposures of a number of different width shingles.

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    Cool! A little bit of info in there about the no 51 skewback I just found.

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    Jim,

    Thanks for posting. I looked at it for a while, and it is a neat booklet! Very interesting, and fun to read.

    Again, much appreciated.

    Thanks and regards,

    Stew

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    Dang, this got me looking at Atkins saws again. As luck would have it I found the 5 1/2 TPI rip I have been looking for. Interesting saw, apparently made by Atkins for C.E. Jennings & Co.. I think they were a hardware store in New York.

    Great to have a reference guide.

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