Mike Allen1010
07-20-2013, 10:09 PM
Greg Weese is one of the great Creekers here on SMC and is a very talented woodworking instructor here in San Diego. He was kind enough to give me this very interesting "Atkins Demonstrations Saw", the first one of these I've ever seen or heard of.
This saw, manufactured by Atkins was obviously intended to provide sawyers with some examples of how to correctly sharpen saws.
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The etch is kind of hard to see, so I have darkened in with a marker -- As you can see the saw is divided into sections with "Cut Off" and "Rip" teeth in various PPI configurations:
· "Properly Filed" teeth, directly adjacent to those labeled "Uneven Spacing".
· "Correct Amount" of set and "No Set" and "Too Much Set",
· "Correctly Filed Fleam" versus "Wrong Filing, Straight Across, No Fleam".
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It make sense that leading saw manufacturers of the Golden era would have wanted to provide their customers with "instructions" so that they could tune/sharpen their saws for best results, but I've never seen anything like this before -- clearly very practical then and now.
Thanks Greg for sharing this cool saw with your fellow Neander's !
All the best, Mike
This saw, manufactured by Atkins was obviously intended to provide sawyers with some examples of how to correctly sharpen saws.
266832
The etch is kind of hard to see, so I have darkened in with a marker -- As you can see the saw is divided into sections with "Cut Off" and "Rip" teeth in various PPI configurations:
· "Properly Filed" teeth, directly adjacent to those labeled "Uneven Spacing".
· "Correct Amount" of set and "No Set" and "Too Much Set",
· "Correctly Filed Fleam" versus "Wrong Filing, Straight Across, No Fleam".
266833266831266834266835
It make sense that leading saw manufacturers of the Golden era would have wanted to provide their customers with "instructions" so that they could tune/sharpen their saws for best results, but I've never seen anything like this before -- clearly very practical then and now.
Thanks Greg for sharing this cool saw with your fellow Neander's !
All the best, Mike