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   mike4244 | Nov 25, 2006 03:07am | #1

   My uncle used to work for Disston when they were in Philadelphia Pa. This was many years ago.I recall him setting saws with either a tack hammer over a piece of flat steel, or for backsaws he used a ball peen hammer ( maybe 10 or 12 ounces) and a punch similar to a nailset. I was young then and do not really know how long it took to set a saw this way. It seemed to me that he could finish setting the teeth in an 8 point saw in three or four minutes at most.

   I wouldn't recommend this method for the inexperienced,I've never tried it myself.Perhaps you have a saw that you could practice with?

   mike

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   DonStephan | Nov 25, 2006 03:32am | #2

   The anvil type saw sets probably won't work well for saws with smaller teeth, perhaps 10 teeth per inch (tpi) and above; at least that's been my experience. Frank Klausz' excellent "Hand Tools with Frank Klausz: Tuning & Using Chisels, Planes & Saws" demonstrates using a small screwdriver to set dovetail saw teeth, a method that has proved useable for me. Can't explain it very well, basically put the screwdriver between pairs of teeth and twist a bit. Hoping to look at the Rob Cosman video on dovetail saws soon to see his approach.

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   philip | Nov 25, 2006 09:20am | #3

   I think Eclipse still make the plier type saw set.

   Philip Marcou
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   mwenz | Nov 25, 2006 08:59pm | #4

   This question was also asked in the hand tools forum...

   http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=32759.3

   Take care, Mike

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   rbarlow | Nov 27, 2006 04:02pm | #5

   yes I asked on both forums some ppl only read certain ones I get more replies that way thanks rb

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   rbarlow | Nov 27, 2006 04:05pm | #6

   I see old stanly saw sets on ebay all the time for under 20.oo I just needed to know what size to buy.  thank you very much rb

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   AB | Nov 27, 2006 05:03pm | #7

   Highland Hardware sells one made specially for fine teeth.

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   rbarlow | Nov 28, 2006 01:08am | #8

   thank you I will check them out, before I go anywhere else thanks very much rb