Saw Hang, Follow up to Tuesday Chat

5/26/04, 12:02 PM #1

Christopher Schwarz
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Saw Hang, Follow up to Tuesday Chat

Christopher Schwarz

>I promised to post a couple images that will help explain the conecpt of "hang" with handsaws. This image is taken from a Disston manual and explains it pretty well.

Essentially you want your fingers and arm pointing to the middle of the blade. I am amazed at how many saws point your arm to the toe. When I buy a saw, the hang is one of the first things I check. Then I look to see if the blade is bent at the toothline.

The correct hang makes all the difference. You saw much faster and much straighter.

Chris

Re: Saw Hang, Follow up to Tuesday Chat

5/27/04, 1:10 AM #2

Mike G.
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Re: Saw Hang, Follow up to Tuesday Chat

Mike G.

>I used one of my WW2 Disston's tonight and paid particular attention to the "hang" as I was sawing.

Then I used my older Disston, probably from the late teens and noticed a significant difference in sawing.

Also, I would like to publicly thank Chris Schwarz and Steve Shanesy for the chat Tuesday night. It was very informative to me and I had a lot of fun.

Thanks Guys, Mike Guenther in the muggy foothills of S. Carolina

Re: Saw Hang, Follow up to Tuesday Chat

5/28/04, 2:07 AM #3

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
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Saw Hang

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>You know what, I didn't know that. Very interesting. I'll have to check that out tomorrow when I have time. Velly, velly interesting glasshopper.

Todd O.

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