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They look ok to take apart. Fairly basic...but I will find out shortly.
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Yeah, nothing too complicated. I think I should put some stuff back together before I start another project. Besides, in the mean time you will have done yours and taken lots of pictures..
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I have to many projects on the go..but need this one done first...yer definitely lots of pictures as I strip it down...got a new tin of primer and some nice dark lister green. Not everyone's cup of tea but I like it.Yeah, nothing too complicated. I think I should put some stuff back together before I start another project. Besides, in the mean time you will have done yours and taken lots of pictures..
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You are making me feel bad, we have one sitting outside ready to come into the workshop now i have the new doors fitted.
Was just going to give a blow down with the air line and oil it. To many other projects calling at the moment.
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That's the trouble sometimes. Having to many things on the go...but just need to get this one stripped and painted while the weather is good....
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Problem is i have being saying the same thing about the outside of the house for about the last 5 years got to get some paint on this year and replace the gutters as well. Plus all the other workshop projects.
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Yes. Kind of gets a bit to much sometimes. I just had to be in the right place at the right time with the items I have brought. Or it would of been spent doing other stuff.
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Awesome. You will have to post some pictures when your finished...i managed to find the original lister paint code..
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I got given a starret one, it had been sat outside for about 12 yrs, 3phase got in my workshop plugged it in and it worked, never cleaned it up use it fairly often brilliant bit of kit, cut some 6" x2" bar n it the other week!!
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starret made mechanical hacklsaws ?? any pictures
From your pictures I see that you have adjustable jaws allowing you to cut angles. We had a similar one at work & once we had it set for cutting square we put a hand hacksaw cut across the fixed & swivel jaws & the same for 45 deg, that way you can set the cut angle without messing around with combination squares by just lining up the 2 hacksaw cuts.
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That's a good idea. As later on for a future project it will require some 22.5 degree cuts.
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Nice.. looks in good condition to....
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You can clamp a few pieces together, set it to cut and walk away and do something else, when you come back it's all cut for you. Plus quieter and no sparks to worry about.
A chop saw is quicker but noisier.
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Looks like a younger version of the one Dad used to have in his workshop.
His one had a problem with the bushes for the overarm wearing unevenly causing it to not cut square. Basically the pivot pin and bushes were too small for the weight of the overarm. We sorted it by getting a mate with a decent sized vertical mill to bore the overarm out a good bit and putting bushes in it to pivot on (bigger bearing surface). I can't quite remember how we oversized the bosses the original bushes located in. I think it might have been a homemade, hand cranked line boring tool. I do remember we were able to nearly double the size of the pivot pin.
Hell of a job to do to an old saw but it sorted the problem permanently. Still occasionally meet the guy who bought it when Dad retired, who still uses it on a daily basis - 20+ years after the fix - and it still cuts dead square!
From the picture it looks like they must have changed the design by the time they built yours as the pivot and pin look a lot sturdier.
I think all Dad wanted at the time was something to keep me off the streets and out of trouble after school (I think I was about 14 at the time
). Definitely character building and good experience!
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I just noticed the date on this, no updates @spencer 427 ? 
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I still am sorting it. The saw bed is stripped and cleaned . I welded the broken part. All is good.
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Also the weather has changed and winter is upon us. So need to find a good quality primer and paint to use for brush painting. As can't spray outside or inside now.
