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BruceS on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 20:48 (updated 01/19/10 - 01:56)

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Any info on a Lakeside Saw & tool Co. Chicago. 10" x 14tpi back saw ? Value ? Went out antiquing today and couldn't resist the saw for $6.00

Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

Bruce S.

For $6, how could you (post #144976, reply #1 of 8)

by JeffHeath in reply to BruceS [original] on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 08:01

For $6, how could you possibly pass? How thick is the saw? I would clean it, sharpen it, and put it to work. That will tell you what you have more than anything.

I really love old tools.

Jeff

A distinguished graduate of the School of Hard Knocks

She measures up @ .026(blade) (post #144976, reply #2 of 8)

by BruceS in reply to JeffHeath [original] on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 09:48

She measures up @ .026(blade) Set is .040 across the teeth so that's .007 clearance on each side of the blade. No pitting or rust. Just age. The bluing is about 20% on the back and the etching on the blade is pretty crisp. Now I have two back saws. Thinking of sharpening up the older brass backed Pratt to a ripper and the Lakeside to a crosscut. Now all I have to find is a 4"XXslim file. No jointing will be necessary, as it is pretty flat and very straight.
Any suggestions out there on a good set for dove tails??

Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

Bruce S.

Anybody have an (post #144976, reply #3 of 8)

by BruceS in reply to BruceS [original] on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 07:03

Anybody have an identification and collection book on antique saws?? I've searched the WWW for days and have only found a few Lakeside saws and one reference to 1910 Lakeside Saw & Tool. Help!!

Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

Bruce S.

bruce, odd, huh? did a (post #144976, reply #4 of 8)

by Eef in reply to BruceS [original] on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 11:31

bruce,
odd, huh? did a little searching, also to no avail. frustrating, but remember the days spent in a library doing research? perhaps mike wenzlof will respond.
eef

Sure is frustrating! I have (post #144976, reply #5 of 8)

by BruceS in reply to Eef [original] on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 11:59

Sure is frustrating! I have a much older Pratt & Co. Buffalo back saw with a brass back and found out about it.
What's really amazing is just how many manufacturing Co's this Country has lost over the last 150+ years. Other than importing some raw materials, the good old USA was pretty self sufficient. Not much you can purchase today that isn't made in China

Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

Bruce S.

Lakeside (post #144976, reply #6 of 8)

by estrellastern in reply to BruceS [original] on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 22:37

The Lakeside Saw you have may be 100yrs. old. There was a Lakeside tool in Chicago at that time that made quality saws. Montgomery Ward was also based in Chicago, and it probably bought the company or just the name at some point, since the line of tools they carried was called Lakeside.

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