Radical Changes for Saw Sharpening (video)
…use those saw files that already have fractured narrow edges. If you have followed my blogs at all you’ll know that saw files have six facets not three, three broad…
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Why?
The result of me showing the difference between a newly arrived gents saw and then one touched up with a half stroke from a fine saw file to each gullet…
Sharpening Your First Crosscut Saw–Part 1
…process), but for those who bought a crosscut-pattern saw and dulled it through normal use. Restorative work for neglected and abused saws is a more advanced level of saw sharpening…
Two-Cherry Picking
…is on a scale of 1 to 10, ten being best, doesn’t even register as a 1. They simply may not know. I saw this with Spear and Jackson saws…
Sharpening the Stanley folding knife + more news
…as you clamp it. Because the blades are hard, regular files don’t work, but diamond files work well. 5: Insert the knife into the saw kerf so that the blade…
Hand Tools Used
…are mostly for cutting tenons alone. The push-stroke Gent’s saw is my favourite backsaw of all. Coping Saw The coping saw copes with all things curved in cuts. Simple and…
Keep sharpening simple
…method I ever saw. It takes me about a minute per chisel, two for a plane iron and the same for a spokeshave. With the saw files I sharpen any…
Compass Saws Versus Table Saws-Or What’s the Difference?
…crosscuts are miserable along the long-grain cuts. Compass saws, a breed apart or a workhorse for curved work? Compass saws were usually a fairly rough and ready, fairly tough saw,…
Saws – Buying and Using
…dovetail saws here: https://paulsellers.com/2012/01/minimalist-tools-dovetail-saws/ Handsaws and Panel Saws The following articles give some good recommendations. https://paulsellers.com/2012/12/questions-answered-which-handsaw-for-a-beginner/ https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/comparing-saws-getting-started/ https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/get-ready-get-set-got-files-go/ To read information on sharpening, visit our saw sharpening and refurbishment page….
Two Cherries Germany and Robert Larson California
…Germany to have a worldwide reputation for quality woodworking tools and bought this inexpensive saw for a gift. You take the saw and never having used a saw before try…