Veritas tenon saw issues
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Hi Bow,
If your other saws pull to one side I would think it is sawing technique such as gripping the handle too tightly. If it is your only saw that drifts to one side then in my experience it either has a bit more set to the teeth on one side or it was sharpened differently on one side. You can inspect the height of the teeth by turning the saw, with teeth up and the back down then sighting down the tooth line from the toe end. If the teeth look the same (one side not taller than the other side) I would suspect uneven set to the teeth and this is usually the problem. This is easily corrected by lightly dressing the teeth on the offending side. If your saw is drifting to the right then the right side should be dressed. I do this by laying my saw flat on the bench and lightly drawing a fine oil stone along the side of the teeth from the heel to the toe. I do two passes then try the saw again. It should cut straight or be somewhat better. It may need another pass or so. I’ve never needed more than three passes with the stone. Be sure that you dress the offending side only. Good luck and happy sawing. –Jim27 March 2014 at 1:01 pm #37738I don’t think I would use a water stone. It is very soft material and the saw teeth will probably put ruts in the water stone. Use and oil stone or diamond plate.
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