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Plastic Blade Guards for Hand Saws?

ChipTam | Posted in Tools for Home Building on December 7, 2006 06:42am

Does anyone know where I can find one of those plastic blade guards for hand saws? I just had my ancient Diston hand saw sharpened.  It again cuts wood like butter but it won’t for long if it rolls around in the back of my pick-up truck.

Chip Tam 

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  1. Jamie_Buxton | Dec 07, 2006 07:16pm | #1

    Dunno where to get a plastic one, but it'd be easy to make a wooden one.   Scrap wood with a kerf running the length.   Rope to tie it to the saw, either through a hole in the wood, or stapled on to it.

    1. Snort | Dec 07, 2006 07:26pm | #3

      Back when I used to have to use handsaws, don't ask when, I'd slit a piece of old garden hose...now days, any hardware store has plastic tubing... Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"

      Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"

      God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"

      God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but

      The next time you see me comin' you better run"

      Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"

      God says, "Out on Highway 61."

  2. LeeLamb | Dec 07, 2006 07:24pm | #2

    Art stores have a plastic edging that slips over the edges of polywhatweverate sheets to make cheap frames for posters. It only grips at the opening so it doesn't rest on the teeth and disturb the set. I use it on my back saws.

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    Luka | Dec 07, 2006 07:50pm | #4

    I used to use the plastic spline off of cheap vinyl "report" covers.

    The thingie that high school and college students put their reports in. (One big piece of clear vinyl folded in half. Put the report inside that, and then slide the plastic spline over the outside of that.)

    I did, that is, until I started using vinyl tubing from the hardware, split down the side. Sticks better than rubber hose.


    Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06

    1. Tomrocks21212 | Dec 07, 2006 08:39pm | #5

      I used to use hose and tubing, now prefer vinyl siding undersill trim. Depending on the size and set of the teeth, you may have to slip it on from the handle end, but it does stay put.

    2. ChipTam | Dec 08, 2006 04:48pm | #6

      Thanks to everyone for all of the good suggestions.  I think I'll try the vinyl hose solution.  Still, with all of the woodworking gizmos out there you would think that one of the woodworking catalogs like Rockler or Lee Valley would sell a generic plastic blade guard.  Thanks again.

      Chip Tam

      1. MisterT | Dec 08, 2006 05:42pm | #7

        under-sill trim works good and you can do about 7-8 saws from one piece..."Dogs don't follow an emotional leader. They follow the dominant leader. We are the only species that follows an unstable leader. "

        Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer, in an interview in National Geographic Magazine

      2. vanderpooch | Dec 15, 2006 06:22am | #8

        I have some nice plastic ones I got from Lee Valley. They no longer carry them, but they might still be available:I couldn't find them on the web, but the number is printed on the guard.Grogards Handsaw Guard Salem, Oregon 503-363-1137Technique is proof of your seriousness. - Wallace Stevens

      3. nikkiwood | Dec 15, 2006 08:02am | #9

        I also like that vinyl tubing that you can get in various sizes.I would suggest you get the smallest diameter that will cover the saw's teeth when it is slit. I agree that you should be able to find a protector made for saws, but I read the Lee Valley and Rockler catalogs pretty regularly, and I can't remember ever seeing one.********************************************************
        "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

        John Wooden 1910-

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    IMERC | Dec 15, 2006 09:33am | #10

    one of the plastic U channels used for poster frames from hobby lobby

     

    Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

    WOW!!! What a Ride!

    Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    1. ChipTam | Dec 16, 2006 06:27pm | #13

      Thanks to you all for the additional suggestions.  I passed by an art supply store this morning and should have stopped in to look at those plastic art frame edges.  I will do so.  Sounds like they may work.  LeeLamb made the same suggestion in an earlier post.  Too bad Lee Valley no longer carries those Grogards plastic guards.  I have to place an order with Lee Valley soon and could have added a plastic guard to my list.  In any case, if these solutions don't work, I'm sure the vinyl tubing will.  Thanks again.

      Chip Tam 

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    JDRHI | Dec 15, 2006 06:29pm | #11

    As others have said....the readily available plastic tubing works great.

    I use it for my various power saw blades as well when storing them. As it comes in rolls, it really works perfectly.

    Happy

    Holidays 

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    Sphere | Dec 16, 2006 01:30am | #12

    A hunk of PEX and ele.tape or rubber bands works well too.

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    I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.

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    EricPaulson | Dec 16, 2006 06:50pm | #14

    I use the remainder of a pant leg from carharts after the knees are gone.

    I lke to spray it a little from time to time with wd40. Keeps the blade well protected.

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  8. MikeCallahan | Dec 17, 2006 12:09am | #15

    I make a cardboard sleeve that the blade slips into. Just fold a piece of cardboard, fit it snug to the handle and seam it with duct tape. I also make cardboard sleeves for my shinto rasp , all my chisels and pull saws. A cardboard sleeve will last a very long time and will protect your sharp tools. They are free too.

    Mike Callahan, Lake Tahoe, Ca.

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