A tad bit curious
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29 April 2014 at 11:54 am #56570
All my blades are razor sharp enough to shave to with but this is going to sound silly but just curious that’s all. I’ve never been able to get that swooshing or swishing sound like I hear when Paul planes.
Now onto something a bit more pressing after watching the saw sharpening video I noticed you only sharpen on one side of each tooth after inspecting my saws I’ve noticed on all of them they have been sharpened from both sides. Did you only sharpen one side to save time on the video or is this how it’s done.
Lastly I really need to learn to do this my saws are getting blunt and I have no one to send them to locally so what files do I need and where do I get them from also what else do I need and how badly can I muck up a $300 saw.
I don’t know about the swhoosing sounds – I’ve sometimes been surprised at how much my planeing sounds like it does to Pauls vids.
As far as your saw sharpening goes; Paul’s vid shows how to sharpen for a rip cut in that the file is at 90 degrees to the blade so in effect the front of each tooth is flat. Paul mentions a fleam cut blade in one of the vids which if I remember correctly is designed for cross cutting. Each tooth has the front and back angled to form a small blade. It sounds like this second type is what you are describing.
There’s a nice explanation of it all here: http://www.blackburntools.com/articles/saw-tooth-geometry/index.html
I’ve been trying out Paul’s method on my old saws and it has breathed new life into them. I only had a standard cheapo tri square needle file to sharpen with and it worked fine (I’m actually waiting for delivery of a Bacho saw file as I type this). I got hold of a saw set on ebay.
I wouldn’t use a $300 saw as something to practice on. Why not get hold of a bargain on ebay and have a go with that? It doesn’t need to be pretty – just something you can work on without worrying about how much it costs to replace.
29 April 2014 at 2:28 pm #56579@salko as Jon said above i wouldn’t try sharpening a $300 saw if i’d had no practise buy a cheap $10 saw of ebay or the likes , and bahco saw files seem to be the best on the market at least here in the UK as for only sharpening one side if your saw is set rip/cross cut pattern your saw file will touch the bottom of each gullet and also touch the tooth on each side of the gullet hence sharpening on both sides i hope this helps if in any doubt watch Pauls brilliant video on saw sharpening it will explain everything
29 April 2014 at 2:58 pm #56580I have dedicated saws I’m not one much for combos I will have a look through ebay and those bahco files, I believe Lee Valley sells saw files as well. I wish I knew who sells these things in Australia and sharpens saws as well atleast to keep me working while I leearn to do it myself. I’ve searched endlessly but came up with nothing if anyone of you guys happen to know anyone in Oz doing this please let me know.
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