Reply To: Advice for Lie Nielsen saw which cuts very badly

I bought a veritas dovetail saw but it came with badly set teeth. Took me months to understand that was the issue and not my sawing technique.

I bought an old disston 10″ back saw and totally redid the teeth to the same TPI as the veritas, and it cut so much better. One thing I haven’t seen Paul address is when a saw cut curves always the same way in spite of steering attempts. I watched some other saw sharpening and setting videos and they recommend doing some test cuts to ensure it is able to cut straight.

My new old saw was doing great and the veritas was garbage. It curved a ton to the right every time and would bind. I gently filed a tiny amount from the side it was curving towards and now the saw is as amazing as it should always have been.

Long story short, my advise is to draw some squared down lines and try to follow them. If you are curving the cut the same way every time and other saws don’t have the same problem, you saw is badly set.