Good question, and I wasn't really sure myself. Google Books is a great way to go back and look for instructions for "old technology". Here's an illustrated explanation of one use: http://books.google.com/books?id=cM80AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22flooring%20saw%22&pg=RA9-PA100#v=onepage&q=%22flooring%20saw%22&f=false or http://goo.gl/XxzCnD
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote: > BTW, what’s a floorsaw for? I’m looking at it and thinking about > floorboards and nothing is springing to mind? > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Crappy phone pics taken of it, as found, before cleaning up the blade: >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw1.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw2.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw3.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw4.jpg >> http://www.dpcolorado.com/misc/floorsaw5.jpg >> >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 12:34 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>> Sounds good. A PESO for the flooring saw would help. >>> >>> >>> On 5/12/2014 7:33 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >>>> >>>> Like a few others on this list, I enjoy going to thrift stores, >>>> antique stores, & garage sales. (Haven't been to many garage sales >>>> lately). This weekend I found a few small prizes: >>>> >>>> 1) A nice wooden cigar box, from which I hope to make my first >>>> three-string cigar box guitar. It is a bit small, but I've seen others >>>> made successfully with this size so I think I will "give it a go". >>>> >>>> 2) A 24 exposure roll of Kodak 110 film (expired 06/2004) still in the box >>>> >>>> 3) A "patented Dec. 12, 05" flooring saw (the first I have ever seen >>>> "in the wild"). It appears to be a Geo. Bishop design, but the blade >>>> etch indicates it was sold by Norvell-Shapleigh (an old hardware >>>> company in the U.S.). It looks a bit like a Klingon-inspired weapon >>>> for hand-to-hand combat. >>>> >>>> 4) A Minox GL, purportedly the smallest full frame 35mm film camera >>>> ever made. This one does not appear to have the killer corrosion in >>>> the battery compartment, but I still need to do the battery >>>> replacement hack and test it out. It seems to be prized in the >>>> lomography world, particularly by street shooters. It is in good shape >>>> and still has the little plastic hot shoe protector in place. >>>> >>>> And I got to storm chase on Sunday, but came up empty on tornadoes. I >>>> was in the neighborhood, but these were high precipitation beasts and >>>> I didn't care to take my chances inside. Several small Nebraska towns >>>> experienced some significant damage yesterday. I'm sure there will be >>>> more reportage on that today. >>>> >>>> On the way I discovered a lowland swamp area that was filled with >>>> these gorgeous white heron-like birds, sitting in branches, in the >>>> water, etc. However, I had stupidly left my Bigma home, so I will have >>>> to marke the spot and go back another day. It was the sort of place >>>> that makes you feel that you have left Nebraska and entered an exotic >>>> foreign land - if only briefly. >>>> :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >> look like photographs. >> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see > https://keybase.io/timbray) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
