I have sharpened a few cross cut saws with moderate success. I was reviewing this link http://www.vintagesaws.com/cgi-bin/frameset.cgi?left=sawcare&right=/library/primer/sharp.html and I note that it is stressed that one should always apply the bevel angle c.c.w. with the saw handle to the right so that you are filing towards the toe of the saw. Lee in his sharpening book does not explain it explicitly but a photograph on page 151 indicates the opposite.
Any one have any comments?
TIA, John.
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2 thoughts.......
As many different ways to do something as there are woodworkers.
The picture was reversed.
Brent
Reversing the picture still has on filing towards the handle, think about it!
oooops..................sorry, I had just got out of bed. LOL
Brent
As a child, I went with my dad when he had his saws sharpened. The guy who sharpened his saws never turned the saw around in the vise to do teeth that pointed the other way. What really amazed me was that he was so steady that he would have a lit cigarete in his mouth, from which he never dropped an ash. Looked realy COOL to see a complete cigarete in ash form hanging from his mouth.
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