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6 September 2014 at 9:28 pm #63861
hi folks i bought an old saw at a second hand market for £1, i thought it would do as a practice piece as its straight and after a little clean up it looks good, i need a little advice though the saw has lost the first three teeth is it better to try and recut them or shorten the saw, whatever the advice i’ll try to do this little saw (20″) justice, any advice would be welcomed .
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You must be logged in to view attached files.7 September 2014 at 5:27 pm #65689i’ve just sharpened and set the saw and i am made up with it ,if we follow Pauls guide lines we should never have to spend a fortune on tools again ,i did a little test with a brand new plastic handled 22″ irwin fine cut (which was gifted to me) and although the new saw was smoother and a little quicker it was not enough for me to want to use it ,i bet the old one still out lives it .
8 September 2014 at 2:55 am #67058Eddy, for cleaning the blade, before sharpening, I use a small Makita orbital sander with a 180 grit black sandpaper (made for metals). Of course, you may use other grits, depending on the initial stage and final polishing you want. Remove the saw handle, put some sheets of newspaper under the blade and apply some WD-40 or M1 on top of the blade and use the orbital sander on the whole blade. It works much faster and neater than by hand.
After cleaning, you can sharpen by Paul’s instructions.8 September 2014 at 6:58 pm #69203Hi Eddy
I do not know what the correct fix would be for fixing the first three teeth missing but as they are the first teeth I think I would just recut them if it was three teeth missing further up the blade i don’t thing you would have any option but to filing all the teeth down until you got to the depth of the missing teeth.
I find that a good method for removing the heavy rust is a stanley blades as suggested by another member in an earlier postI don’t have the problem of missing teeth, but I do have potentially a worse problem… also picked up cheaply this saw is bent.
How do you correct that?
here are two shots – one straight down the blade and one slightly side on where one can see the bend a little better.Also my saw set isn’t adjustable so I can only get one depth of set – should I just go with that set and see what sort of kerf I end up with?
thank you
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You must be logged in to view attached files.8 September 2014 at 7:49 pm #69467@bondimacf you will need to remove the handle to get that twist out of the plate there are a number of articles out there,i’m sure Paul has a blog post on this subject ,about the saw set i would get an adjustable one rather than go to the trouble of setting it wrong they go quite cheap on ebay.
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