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I had a French cleat all mounted then decided that it needed to be about 4" shorter. Story of my life. :rolleyes:
Instead of setting up my little lightweight 5" Skillsaw I just grabbed my Asian style Marples pull saw and made a quick cut. It worked perfectly as always but I noticed that it had gotten a small rust spot on the end from sitting stored in a box. Naturally all work on the job I was doing had to stop (I get distracted really easily these days) while I dealt with that little rust spot. I grabbed a scrap of fine sandpaper and the spot came right off. Ten minutes later after I finally found my jar (yes it is that old) of Johnson's Paste Wax I rubbed some on the blade with a paper towel. Trickiest job I have done all week... Polishing that blade was as risky as kissing a piranha... :eek: :D
I didn't bleed any this time but next time I will have a full first aid kit handy and 911 on speed dial. Dang, that little sucker is sharp.


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robinson46176 wrote:I had a French cleat all mounted then decided that it needed to be about 4" shorter. Story of my life. :rolleyes:
Instead of setting up my little lightweight 5" Skillsaw I just grabbed my Asian style Marples pull saw and made a quick cut. It worked perfectly as always but I noticed that it had gotten a small rust spot on the end from sitting stored in a box. Naturally all work on the job I was doing had to stop (I get distracted really easily these days) while I dealt with that little rust spot. I grabbed a scrap of fine sandpaper and the spot came right off. Ten minutes later after I finally found my jar (yes it is that old) of Johnson's Paste Wax I rubbed some on the blade with a paper towel. Trickiest job I have done all week... Polishing that blade was as risky as kissing a piranha... :eek: :D
I didn't bleed any this time but next time I will have a full first aid kit handy and 911 on speed dial. Dang, that little sucker is sharp.


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Well, Francis, if you're concerned about the danger you apparently haven't purchased my invented "Marples Saw Blade Emergency Dulling System" to be used when your fingers get to close to the blade. It's only priced at a mere $5,000. Haven't had much luck success in selling it so I am contacting the Consumer Protection Agency to get them to require it to be included with each sale of this type of saw.
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Chuckle, my wife claims (rightly) that I get easily distracted by shiny objects.

And, like you, I've a saw that thrives on my blood. I swear, I've had it drop down and attack me just by walking past it.
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me too......cant pass by a flea market or garage sale without stopping......anything shiny!!

and i thought i was the only one who had blood thirsty tools!!!

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ss50th wrote:Well, Francis, if you're concerned about the danger you apparently haven't purchased my invented "Marples Saw Blade Emergency Dulling System" to be used when your fingers get to close to the blade. It's only priced at a mere $5,000. Haven't had much luck success in selling it so I am contacting the Consumer Protection Agency to get them to require it to be included with each sale of this type of saw.
OK JUST DO NOT REQUIRE 'RETROFITTING'!:D:eek:
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