Reply To: Saws – How Straight is Straight?
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Having faced the exact same issue recently, I searched online to learn that some people pour very hot/boiling water on the saw plate and immediately bend it in the opposite direction to the bend or kink (wearing insulated gloves of course). Boiling water seems to be hot enough to straighten the saw without annealing the metal. I also found someone who uses a plain old hammer and an anvil (Matt Cianci). Haven’t tried either method myself. The saw cuts fine regardless.