I am writing this as an encouragement to anybody who has ever thought about looking after the sharpness and saw set on their saws instead of sending them away to have them sharpened.
I am not clumsy with my hands but I am not naturally talented either. Any good work I have made has come after much trial and error and lots of mistakes and practice. SO I was hesitant to begin the sharpening of my own saws. They cost me a bit of cash to buy and I figured I could easily stuff them up. Anyway I was wrong.
I have now sharpened both cross cut and rip saws and today I set the teeth on a cross cut carcass saw. I have learned that when you sharpen a saw you reduce the set a bit and my carcass saw (a 14 TPI Veritas thing) was just a bit grabby in the kerf. It worked! The saw works just great.
A blunt saw is a pain to use. I suspect that even an imperfectly sharpened saw is better than a blunt one. SO my advice to anybody who is thinking about sending their saw away is this. Get a saw file and a saw set (the markets have them. I have two saw sets and I don't think I paid any more than $15 for either of them.). And have a go. What is the worst that can happen? If the saw is not working properly anyway, chances are you will make it work better. And if worse come to worse you can always take it to a saw doctor later. There are plenty of good videos on the net to get you started.
I am not sure, however that I would, at my present rudimentary skill level, want to try my hand on anything finer than 14TPI.
I am not clumsy with my hands but I am not naturally talented either. Any good work I have made has come after much trial and error and lots of mistakes and practice. SO I was hesitant to begin the sharpening of my own saws. They cost me a bit of cash to buy and I figured I could easily stuff them up. Anyway I was wrong.
I have now sharpened both cross cut and rip saws and today I set the teeth on a cross cut carcass saw. I have learned that when you sharpen a saw you reduce the set a bit and my carcass saw (a 14 TPI Veritas thing) was just a bit grabby in the kerf. It worked! The saw works just great.
A blunt saw is a pain to use. I suspect that even an imperfectly sharpened saw is better than a blunt one. SO my advice to anybody who is thinking about sending their saw away is this. Get a saw file and a saw set (the markets have them. I have two saw sets and I don't think I paid any more than $15 for either of them.). And have a go. What is the worst that can happen? If the saw is not working properly anyway, chances are you will make it work better. And if worse come to worse you can always take it to a saw doctor later. There are plenty of good videos on the net to get you started.
I am not sure, however that I would, at my present rudimentary skill level, want to try my hand on anything finer than 14TPI.
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