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After lots of development time - that I'll tell you about next time, I had thought that our new saw vise was going to be popular because it was priced a lot less than the better antiques and good old ones are really hard to find, and it worked great. But we were really surprised when the person on our staff who files our saws actually preferred our first prototype to a top notch antique. That's right! There are a couple of features that make the new Gramercy saw vise an improvement over the antiques (aside from obvious stuff like no rust, instant availability, affordable, and etc.) and this we hope will compel the folks who already have saw vises to switch.
Then I got a Disston #3D which by comparison was built like a tank. But it still vibrated around the pivot - which shortens file life and makes everything take longer, and we had to fiddle with it to get it to clamp properly on a blade because being an antique it was worn out. Also being cast the flats at the top of the jaw made filing slope on saw gullets hard to do without raising the saw in the vise - adding vibration.
Then we got a Wentworth No. 2 (patented 1879)- this was awesome. No pivot, it bolted onto a bench - rock solid, and the cam mechanism had loads of travel. This was nirvana, and it had 14" jaws which made it big enough for all our backsaws. But the jaws were still cast and filing slope was a problem.
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So far I've loved everything I've purchased from you so I can't wait to get my order in.
You made my day.
I'll have more details and a photo up next week.
the new vise has 14" jaws
so for a 28" rip saw only one shift will be needed.
We haven't had much luck with vise mounted guides but for a fleam guide I an recommend drilling a hole in a scrap of wood at the fleam angle and sticking a file in the hole. So if the scrap is parallel to the saw - the fleam angle on the file is right. - real simple - real easy - I think vintagesaws.com expands on this type of guide at length.
I was "one of those guys" who asked about the saw vise in Berea. I can't wait to
get one of yours. Keep me posted.
George
P.S. The dovetail saw is a joy and has become my go to saw.
Thanks for developing a much needed tool for the hand tool users among us.
<Looks at his watch>
Tum tee tum tee tum....
You're killing us Joel! I have 3 saws I need to sharpen and until this post I was going to make a wooden saw vise. The suspense is killing me!
We will start taking order tomorrow sometime (sept 23)
there will be a pre-order price, and introductory price, and then a regular price.
I'll try to finish up the catalog stuff I need to do tonight.
joel