Jeff L Miller
01-26-2012, 8:39 PM
I recently sent out one of my Disston rip saws for sharpening. I waited for over a week and it cost me $15. They did a good job but it got me thinking about trying to sharpen one myself.
I've read several posts here on sharpening, watched lots of videos and learned about fleam, rake angles, jointing, and points to name a few.
I grabbed an old Disston rip saw with 5 1/2 ppi and set to work, I thought I could sharpen a saw at least as well as the saw shop and save some bucks. I've got an old E. C. Stearns saw vise with a jig system I picked up and never used.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010001c-1.jpg
I decided to try my first sharpening attempt by hand so I opted not to use the jig and just used a basic file holder for both jointing and sharpening the teeth.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010002c.jpg
Here are the results.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010004a-3.jpg
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010008a-1.jpg
The saw cuts really sweet now but it was pretty dull before. I would also appreciate an honest critique and any tips to help improve my abilities, I'd really like to get good at this.
Jeff
I've read several posts here on sharpening, watched lots of videos and learned about fleam, rake angles, jointing, and points to name a few.
I grabbed an old Disston rip saw with 5 1/2 ppi and set to work, I thought I could sharpen a saw at least as well as the saw shop and save some bucks. I've got an old E. C. Stearns saw vise with a jig system I picked up and never used.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010001c-1.jpg
I decided to try my first sharpening attempt by hand so I opted not to use the jig and just used a basic file holder for both jointing and sharpening the teeth.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010002c.jpg
Here are the results.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010004a-3.jpg
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/anneandjeffro/P1010008a-1.jpg
The saw cuts really sweet now but it was pretty dull before. I would also appreciate an honest critique and any tips to help improve my abilities, I'd really like to get good at this.
Jeff