Sharpening large saws
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Hi all, my mum bought these three saws today at a junk shop. Won’t get my hands on them for a few weeks, so can’t be sure of the condition. The saw plates look quite corroded. I’ve got two questions:
1. What would the larger two saws typically be used for?
2. How do you sharpen the larger two?Cheers!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.29 March 2015 at 2:36 am #126051I think those large saws are for cutting wet wood cross grain, such as for taking down small to medium sized trees. Not sure of the sharpening, but if you look carefully at the teeth, you may be able to figure it out.
29 March 2015 at 11:15 am #126061A nice pick-up by Mum. The two larger saws are in fact one or two man cutters. You notice on the top edge of each blade there are a couple of holes to attach the second handle. As such, with the handles missing, they are not complete. This is a good video on refubing such a saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YGecIjuy2I
A flat file sounds like a good bet. I’ll see if the teeth can lead me. There was a Disston at the shop that had the extra handle at the end (a nasty lump of rusty pipe bolted on) but the main handle was badly cracked so I left that one (hope someone else saves it though). Thanks for the link to the video, I’ll check that out later tonight.
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