Jacob
New Luddism. Awake and resist!
I've done a few saws over the years, generally OK in a non professional way.
Latest rusty old saw sharpened OK except for 3 or 4 teeth breaking. I assumed this was due to age and pitting etc. Cut nicely though.
Had another go - topping, re cutting, setting, but this time a lot more teeth broke.
The only thing I did differently was to use a different file.
I noticed the gullets aren't so sharp - the corner is rounded making the gullet shallower. Could this be why more teeth broke? Possibly also I should use less set with the Eclipse 77 so the bend is higher and further from the bottom of the tooth?
So which file should I buy for best results (if the not-so-sharp corner is the problem)?
Or is it just too rusty?
It's 10 tpi, very old 14" S&J tenon saw.
Latest rusty old saw sharpened OK except for 3 or 4 teeth breaking. I assumed this was due to age and pitting etc. Cut nicely though.
Had another go - topping, re cutting, setting, but this time a lot more teeth broke.
The only thing I did differently was to use a different file.
I noticed the gullets aren't so sharp - the corner is rounded making the gullet shallower. Could this be why more teeth broke? Possibly also I should use less set with the Eclipse 77 so the bend is higher and further from the bottom of the tooth?
So which file should I buy for best results (if the not-so-sharp corner is the problem)?
Or is it just too rusty?
It's 10 tpi, very old 14" S&J tenon saw.