Tmize Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 My newest toy it is a Stanley 246 mitre box saw. Hard to date these I’m think 30’s to 40’s. It was I fairly decent shape when I got it. Dropped it piece by piece in vinegar an salt bath an stripped all the old paint an cleaned up the rust. Couple coats of automotive enamel paint. Assemble an oil an grease all the moving parts. Wow did I not realize how parts these thing had lots of set screws an springs. It’s a 26” saw at 11ppi filed at 25 degrees of fleam for a super smooth cut off the saw. I enjoy restoring old tool a lot. One of the cool things I learned about this saw you will see in the last photo. The large numbers on the top of the base was put there back when most carpenter didn’t have much over a 6th grade education. So they wouldn’t have learned any geometry. The numbers are for how many corners the box would have. 4 corners is 45 degrees 8 corners 22 1/2 degrees an so on. So I normally keep a eBay find off in a corner when I’m just goofing off waiting on a woodworking project 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Great job on the restoration! Can I borrow a can of oil? ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmize Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: Great job on the restoration! Can I borrow a can of oil? ? I’m fresh out after this one ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 That turned out awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I’m so jealous. I passed one of these up at an estate sale with the asking price of about $35, thinking I could get it on the last day at half price. I slept too late! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 I always thought that type of miter saw was cool. I almost bought one once just because I wanted one. Quote "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." - Epicurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmize Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Chet I bought it more on a cool factor an always wanted one. Now will I use for every cut hell no. I set it up for trim cuts an like picture frame mitres. I can see myself moving up to buy vintage power tools an restoring them. Going to have to get a bigger shop first tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmize Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 I made a support for cutting long pieces. I was cutting some rails for the bookcase at 56” worked well. Next I found some 1/2” flat steel laying around I think I’m going to replicate the factory hold downs that are missing 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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