Reply To: Tool Request
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Hi Mark,
I reckon that S&J saw will be a pretty good purchase, I don’t have one, but really it’s going to come down to how you set-it up once you’ve got it.
It could have the light crosscut that the bigger saws come with, in which case you may want to adjust them to be a rip – but either way it shouldn’t be too scary if you’re careful and even with the file. You’re going to have to learn to file it anyway, so you may as well get stuck in!
I had to ease the rake angle on a couple of new saws because they were so aggressive the saw would either jam or jump out of the cut, it took a couple of stokes per tooth and now they cut really nicely.
It’s relatively affordable so if you make a mess of it it’s not the end of the world.
Rob.