Questions about saw sets
Skip in Falls Church
>While I was looking for saw sets I noticed that virtually everyone that sells modern saw sets sells them broken down into 2 categories for 12 tpi and down and 12 tpi and up. I ended up with a Stanley 42 SS and just a couple of days ago picked up a Dunlap. (Hey, it was cheap and I figured if I needed to alter one, this would be a worry free one to play with.)
Both saw sets are graduated from 4 to 16 with the recommendation that you start at the number equal to the number of tpi of the saw you are setting. I realize that for most purposes you would pick a setting less than that. For the 9 tpi rip saw I did I ended up using the setting of 12 on the Stanley.
Are these things limited (in a practical sense) to 12 tpi? Would they put too much set on 13 or 14 tpi saws if you were working in dry hard wood? (The woods I normally work with.) Or are they fairly imprecise and might or might not? I've read (here) that some people alter the anvil on their saw sets for higher tpi, how and on what type of saw set? Or did I misread in that saw setting was not high on my list of things to pay attention to at the time?
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