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Steve,
On this “hard point” saw issue… I absolutely agree with you, buddy. I know Paul hates those saws, I guess because they can’t be resharpened, so he sees them as wasteful. He’s right, and I understand that point of view, but the bottom line is, they’re cheap, and, man, do they cut FAST! Unbelievably fast! I have 20 inch Stanley 9 TPI “FatMax” with impulse hardened teeth that I use in my shop all the time. This is a cheap saw (17 USD delivered), and it has pretty aggressive set that makes for a pretty rough cut. But it has its place, and when used for what it was intended, it works great. I love mine. If I lost it, I would buy another one in a heartbeat.
I mostly use it to rough cut planks to length before trimming them on the table saw, and cutting construction lumber. But I’ve also used it to saw planks out of a old, very dry block of red oak about 8″ x 8″ x 60″. I realize that, when it does finally goes dull, it can’t be sharpened and I’ll just have to replace it, but when will that be exactly? It seems as sharp now as it did when I bought it. For 17 USD, I’m not too worried about replacing it when the time comes.
Along these same lines, I’ve recently switched from my Veritas dovetail saw to a Japanese style pull saw that also has hardened teeth. I’ve cut maybe 100 pins and tails now with my Veritas saw, which isn’t a huge number, and it’s about ready for a resharpening. It’s too early for me to say from personal experience how the pull saw will hold up, but I will say it is identical to the one David Barron uses, and he claims to have cut over 10,000 dovetails with his, with no need to resharpen yet.
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