lowell holmes
05-29-2015, 5:29 PM
I posted a thread recently about renovating an old Disston panel saw with a new handle and re-toothing. It is an eight point saw.
I sharpened the saw with 15 degrees of rake and 20 degrees fleam. I set the teeth with a Disston 42W saw set.
I am working on a lap desk made of old walnut. The saw cuts crosscut smooth with no drift. I needed to make a rip cut and rather than getting a rip saw, I used the panel saw.
I was surprised how smooth and quickly it made the rip cut. There was no drift ripping either. Ron Herman recommended the rake and fleam I used. His video is really really good.
Ron did not recommend using the 15 degrees and 20 degrees to rip, I just tried it.
I now know why the 42W saw set is so popular. I'm surprised nobody making them anymore.
I have sharpened another saw for ripping. It is a 10 point saw. I have 10 degrees of rake on it. It rips with no vice's , but the panel saw is smoother cutting rip and not terribly slow.
I'm considering putting 10 degrees of fleam on the rip saw to see what happens.
Any thoughts on the subject?
I sharpened the saw with 15 degrees of rake and 20 degrees fleam. I set the teeth with a Disston 42W saw set.
I am working on a lap desk made of old walnut. The saw cuts crosscut smooth with no drift. I needed to make a rip cut and rather than getting a rip saw, I used the panel saw.
I was surprised how smooth and quickly it made the rip cut. There was no drift ripping either. Ron Herman recommended the rake and fleam I used. His video is really really good.
Ron did not recommend using the 15 degrees and 20 degrees to rip, I just tried it.
I now know why the 42W saw set is so popular. I'm surprised nobody making them anymore.
I have sharpened another saw for ripping. It is a 10 point saw. I have 10 degrees of rake on it. It rips with no vice's , but the panel saw is smoother cutting rip and not terribly slow.
I'm considering putting 10 degrees of fleam on the rip saw to see what happens.
Any thoughts on the subject?