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Filing and setting a handsaw

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Geo in SD

02-16-2004 05:55:02




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What is the proper proceedure for sharpening a handsaw? How do you set one? I just can't seem to get them to look right or work right.




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Geo in SD

02-18-2004 05:20:05




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 Re: Filing and setting a handsaw in reply to Geo in SD, 02-16-2004 05:55:02  
Thanks for the tips, fellas.



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Cliff(VA)

02-17-2004 10:50:23




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 Re: Filing and setting a handsaw in reply to Geo in SD, 02-16-2004 05:55:02  
There was a really good article on sharpening hand saws in Fine Woodworking a few years ago. I looked on their website, but could not find it quickly. You might have more luck if you look.

Cliff



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Cliff (VA)

02-17-2004 11:02:02




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 Re: Re: Filing and setting a handsaw in reply to Cliff(VA), 02-17-2004 10:50:23  
I finally found it. The article is "Sharpening Handsaws" by Fred Wilder and was in the August 1997 edition of Fine Woodworking. The article is available for purchase from them for $3.50 or you can try your local library. It really was a good article.

Cliff



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bob

02-16-2004 20:37:19




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 Re: Filing and setting a handsaw in reply to Geo in SD, 02-16-2004 05:55:02  
To check your work hold the saw, handle up, at a 45 degree angle. Put a sewing needle in the teeth & let it slide down the teeth til it comes off the end. Won't do that? Then it ain't right.



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Bob Whitmoyer

02-16-2004 16:20:14




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 Re: Filing and setting a handsaw in reply to Geo in SD, 02-16-2004 05:55:02  
Hi George Setting and sharpening a good hand saw is probably 2 parts science and 2 parts art. The saw set and the file mentioned earlier are a must but try and find a book, maby the local libary) but the absolute best is to find someone who does this and see if you can watch them at work, maby they will even show you on your own saw. Also a "saw vice" is a little different from a regular mechanics vice. My great uncle taught me..there is the set of the tooth, angle of the back, angle of the front, flat of the cutting edge etc, all subtle but important.
Hope this helps some and don't feel stupid, its a learned art.
Bob Whitmoyer

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ScottR

02-16-2004 11:17:05




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 Re: Filing and setting a handsaw in reply to Geo in SD, 02-16-2004 05:55:02  
To sharpen a hand saw you need a 60 degree three sided file, and a alot of time. Clamp the saw in a vise close to the teeth, hold the file level and start at the handle end. You want the teeth to be about the same length. You can buy a saw set at most hardware stores. A friend had a sharpening business and he had a machine that filed the teeth and would also set them. He would set the "good" saws by hand, and let the machine set the "cheap" saws. Good luck.

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