What is it?

[Stytooner]

Found one of these organizing my FIL storage shed.
I know what it is but how many of you do off hand?

It is made by Dunlap. Number on it is 4880.
No fair if you had to look it up. Just want to see how many know without Google.

[JR]

It's a saw-tooth setter.

[cwsmith]

It looks a lot like a saw tooth setter to me too, but the adjustment screw and the pad (the receiver for the adjustment screw) seem a bit large for that purpose... so if not for a hand saw, I don't know.

Made by "Dunlap" makes me think of tires though.

CWS

[mineengineer]

Saw Set

Looks like a saw set for a two man saw. Dunlap was a sears brand a little cheaper than craftsman.

[leehljp]

Looks like a contraption to me!


Seriously though, I have never seen anything like that, BUT since is it made by Dunlop, it looks like it might be something that sets the rubberized valve stem on a tube - back when people did those things.

[Stytooner]

It is a saw tooth setter.
Dunlap did make lawn mowers and stuff for Sears as well as specialized and assorted types of hand tools. Dunlop makes tires and tennis balls.

I never actually used one of these but asked my Grandfather what his was for when I was a kid. It's a saw tooth setter was his reply. I asked no further then.

[Stytooner]

The way this works is the top knob adjusts the different degrees of set. It has a flat plane in the center and varying pitches around the dial.
The lower jaw tightens up on the blade to keep it flat.
Then when you squeeze it, the die or plunger pushes against the tooth to the angle set on the dial. Do every other tooth on one direction. Flip around and repeat in the other direction.

I have a Sharp All here and it has all the saw blade sharpening equipment including a saw blade set, but it is quite different.

[JR]

The guy on the Woodright's Shop show had a program on why teeth are set as they are (ie for crosscut vs rip cut). It involves string cheese and is really effective at getting the point across.

[cwsmith]

I gave no thought to the large toothed "timber" hand saws of my grandfather's time. My Dad used to have a couple of those, including a two-man saw which I recall using with my father back in the late fifties.

CWS

[capncarl]

My grandfather use to use a smaller version of this every day in his backyard hand saw sharpening business. No wonder he could twist off the top of a mason jar if the lid ss stuck, with his bare hands! I have his setter in my shop, and try to use it.
capncarl