Handsaw retoother question

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Jack Guzman from Maine

>You might try Tom Law.I don't have his address or number handy but someone here should be able to help you with that.He used to sharpen saws and he is knowledgeable in the field.In his saw sharpening video he covers saw machinery a little.---Jack

Re: Handsaw retoother question

roger smith

>Eric,

My father sharpened saws for 50-60 years and I have all his equipment. I think that the carrier that is curved is for a "Crown" saw. These hand saws actually had a convex shape to the line of teeth. Looking at the face of the saw with the teeth up, the line of teeth look like a hill. This is not a large difference, but plenty to see with a straight edge. If you would like more info, I can go and look at the manuals and find the info on "Crown" saws. If your retoother is a Foley then depending on the model I may have directions. Good luck, Roger in Breckenridge,Tx.

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Jim in Burlington Ontario

>There's alot of info on Foley Belsaw machines how different could this machine be? There is always alot of Foley Belsaw retoother, setters and filers on e-bay also manuals.

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Rick W.

>Both crosscut and rip saws can have a "crowned" blade. The advantage is said to be that a crowned profile better utilizes the forward stroke of the arm and hand in sawing.

I have both crowned and straight profile handsaws, but I haven't really compared them to see if one cuts better.

A crowned profile would not be used on a backsaw, since the kerf they cut must be straight across in most cases.

If your machine is a Foley, you might try advertising for a manual on the Belsaw message board at the link below.

Hope this helps.

Rick W.


http://www.belsaw.com

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eric

>Thank you. The machine is a "Burro" by Burr Manufacturing. All of my saws are straight. I may have to try a crowned profile on a junk saw just to see how it compares.

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eric

>Thanks. The machine is a "Burro" from Burr Manufacturing Company. The literature I have says they were located in Los Angeles. I did a couple of searches (yellow pages and google) and couldn't find any listing for them. The carrier is about 3 feet long and has about an one inch bow in the center and would indeed produce a crowned blade as you have described. I may have to try it out on a junk blade to see how the mechanics of using a crowned saw compares to the straight saws that I am used to.

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eric

>Thank you. Some of the other responses have directed me to look into crowned saws. Now that I have a direction to go in I think I'll do some research online and at the library before I try contacting him.