Deuco saw with changeable blades - score or scrap?

On May 4, 10:16=A0am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
> "Limp Arbor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:55c6e454-a572-4377-b2d7-b76f5384292d@c30g2000vby.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Went to the local Habitat ReStore to check it out. =A0I came across an
> > unusual older saw with interchangeable blades. =A0It had a backsaw, jab=
,
> > regular, and what looks like a metal cutting blade. =A0Stamped 'W
> > GERMANY' on all of the blades.
>
> > Guy at the counter told me $3. =A0I gave hime $5.
>
> > I haven't even tried to cut anything with it yet or clean the grunge
> > off of it. =A0Etched with 'DEUCO' on the biggest blade. =A0So is it a
> > score or scrap?
>
> Where is the motor? =A0;)

The motor came separate:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19460871/motor.jpg

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"Limp Arbor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:55c6e454-a572-4377-b2d7-b76f5384292d@c30g2000vby.googlegroups.com...
> Went to the local Habitat ReStore to check it out. I came across an
> unusual older saw with interchangeable blades. It had a backsaw, jab,
> regular, and what looks like a metal cutting blade. Stamped 'W
> GERMANY' on all of the blades.
>
> Guy at the counter told me $3. I gave hime $5.
>
> I haven't even tried to cut anything with it yet or clean the grunge
> off of it. Etched with 'DEUCO' on the biggest blade. So is it a
> score or scrap?

Where is the motor? ;)

On May 4, 10:16=A0am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net> wrote:
> "Limp Arbor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:55c6e454-a572-4377-b2d7-b76f5384292d@c30g2000vby.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Went to the local Habitat ReStore to check it out. =A0I came across an
> > unusual older saw with interchangeable blades. =A0It had a backsaw, jab=
,
> > regular, and what looks like a metal cutting blade. =A0Stamped 'W
> > GERMANY' on all of the blades.
>
> > Guy at the counter told me $3. =A0I gave hime $5.
>
> > I haven't even tried to cut anything with it yet or clean the grunge
> > off of it. =A0Etched with 'DEUCO' on the biggest blade. =A0So is it a
> > score or scrap?
>
> Where is the motor? =A0;)

The motor came separate
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19460871/MultiSaw.jpg

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Limp Arbor wrote:
> Went to the local Habitat ReStore to check it out. I came across an
> unusual older saw with interchangeable blades. It had a backsaw, jab,
> regular, and what looks like a metal cutting blade. Stamped 'W
> GERMANY' on all of the blades.
>
> Guy at the counter told me $3. I gave hime $5.
>
> I haven't even tried to cut anything with it yet or clean the grunge
> off of it. Etched with 'DEUCO' on the biggest blade. So is it a
> score or scrap?

Score. If the blades are worn out, you can make a lot of nice scrapers.

--
G.W. Ross

I used to be sane, but I'm feeling
much better now.

On 5/4/2012 7:48 AM, Limp Arbor wrote:
> Went to the local Habitat ReStore to check it out. I came across an
> unusual older saw with interchangeable blades. It had a backsaw, jab,
> regular, and what looks like a metal cutting blade. Stamped 'W
> GERMANY' on all of the blades.
>
> Guy at the counter told me $3. I gave hime $5.
>
> I haven't even tried to cut anything with it yet or clean the grunge
> off of it. Etched with 'DEUCO' on the biggest blade. So is it a
> score or scrap?
...

Only 'Deuco' I've seen before is a Chinese manufacturer; don't know the
W Germany connection (and didn't see any sign of that on the pictures
posted; on other side of blades I guess?). Maybe they were sold there
but imports????

The one surely needs a refiling and sharpening desperately it appears.
How good the steel is and whether they'll be worth the effort I don't
know but for $5, hey why not? :)

I had a similar set of interchangeables of some no-name that I found in
Lynchburg years and years ago. Were handy when doing all the refurb's
to have the multiple blades in one package instead of having the full
shop complement to drag around, primarily when doing early
pre-full-restore work to keep a rental going until started the gutting
and rebuild phase when then would move the whole kit-n-kaboodle in and
set up a shop area for real.

I'd guess you'll find occasional uses but they won't become your "go
tos"...as a clue, I'm sure I didn't throw that set away but I've no idea
where I stuck 'em when we made the move back to the farm and that's been
over 10 yr now... :) Somewhere in one of the myriad of boxen yet to be
unpacked I suppose.

But, it's always fun to pick up something more or less novel... :)

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On Fri, 4 May 2012 07:49:51 -0700 (PDT), Limp Arbor
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On May 4, 10:16 am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
>dot net> wrote:
>> "Limp Arbor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:55c6e454-a572-4377-b2d7-b76f5384292d@c30g2000vby.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Went to the local Habitat ReStore to check it out.  I came across an
>> > unusual older saw with interchangeable blades.  It had a backsaw, jab,
>> > regular, and what looks like a metal cutting blade.  Stamped 'W
>> > GERMANY' on all of the blades.
>>
>> > Guy at the counter told me $3.  I gave hime $5.
>>
>> > I haven't even tried to cut anything with it yet or clean the grunge
>> > off of it.  Etched with 'DEUCO' on the biggest blade.  So is it a
>> > score or scrap?
>>
>> Where is the motor?  ;)
>
>The motor came separate:
>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19460871/motor.jpg

It appears to be both a gutless and a callus-free model. Shameful!

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