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   BobSmalser | Nov 10, 2003 03:10am | #1

   Fraid not....but I'd be happy to teach you how to do it in 20 minutes or so...child's play....my first job as a 12-year-old in Uncle Paul's boatshop over 4 decades ago.

   This is the best treatise on it I've seen....sounds complicated, but ain't...this guy will recut teeth for you and sell you the files...any two boards in a machinist's vise will work for a sawvise.

   http://www.vintagesaws.com/cgi-bin/frameset.cgileft=main&right=/library/library.html

   And don't fall for the voodoo that talks to special filing for hardwoods/softwoods....you'll pick that up later....in the meanwhile, any reasonable filing job you do will surpass a professionally-filed saw after it's first dozen boards.

   
   

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   Edited 11/9/2003 7:15:27 PM ET by Bob

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   alanplanesaw | Nov 11, 2003 02:08am | #3

   That page doesn't open.  Other recommendation.

   Alan - planesaw

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   BobSmalser | Nov 11, 2003 03:43am | #4

   http://www.vintagesaws.com/

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   MarkRoderick | Nov 10, 2003 04:01am | #2

   Tom Law, 62 West Water Street, Smithsburg, MD 21783, (301)824-5223

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   jazzdogg | Nov 11, 2003 04:08am | #5

   Jim,

   You might want to pick up Tom Law's video: "Hand Saw Sharpening" by ALP productions. It's thorough and the material is patiently and thoughtfully presented. A succinct flyer accompanies the video.

   Law completely demystifies the process - with a few simple tools I was able to tune up all of my hand saws in an afternoon; now they cut quickly and predictably.

   I'm not sure, but I think I got my copy from Cambium Press.

   Good luck,
   Paul

   Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.
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   BobSmalser | Nov 12, 2003 04:31am | #6

   Here's a collection of them:

   Sharpening Services

    

   for the East Coast
   Jamison's Sharpening Service
   540-989-2744
   5630 Grandin Rd.
   Roanoke VA 24018

   Look up Shelton Saw Works in Shelton, WA...they do it all, I believe, from commercial sawmill blades to homeowner stuff, including jointer knives.

   recently sent out some tools, including jointer knives - to [email protected]
   E-mail Address(es):
   [email protected]

    

   Contact Scott Whiting in Arizona: [email protected]

   Tom Law, 62 West Water Street, Smithsburg, MD 21783, (301)824-5223