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Salko, where did you find hand saw files in our part of the world?
I saw Jim Davey at the Traditional Tools Group annual sale. He had Grobet files there,which he also sells via his web site
http://www.jimdavey-planes-sharpening.com/page1.aspx
Unfortunately he’s out of stock on the 7″ files. I’m looking for something to sharpen a 5 tip Disston I picked up at the tool sale.
Andrew
I bought mine straight from the US only to find out later that Henry Eckert on his LN page has them, he’s in Adelaide if that’s in your neck of the woods, his name is David.
I met Jim last year at the wood show in Brisbane I bought a decent protractor from him.
I bought some Grobet files on ebay a while ago, for quite a reasonable price. As far as saw sharpening goes, I have a few tips.
1) Don’t overset the teeth. It’s very easy to do, especially when you’re inexperienced. If you do, do as Paul suggests, and using a larger hammer as an anvil, gently tap the toothline with a hammer. This should reduce the set without damaging the teeth.
2) You need to joint the teeth AFTER you set the teeth, each and every time. This will mean you will also need to do a quick light sharpening, but if you don’t, the cutting edges of the teeth will not be perpendicular to the blade and it will cut rough. You don’t have to do it every time you sharpen, just every time you set the teeth.
3) Stoning teeth ensures that all the teeth on a side are equally set, and you don’t have a handful of extra set teeth catching in the cut or doing a lot of work. It can also be used to remedy a saw that is over set on one side. If you find that your saw tends to want to pull one way or the other in the cut and your technique is good, chances are the teeth are overset on one side. Stone the overset side with a light pass, and try it in the cut again. Repeat until your saw tracks properly.
I’m by no means an expert at saw sharpening, but I have had a go, and these were solutions to mistakes I made and problems I ran into. Happy sharpening!