Saw Sharpening help.

Well, It's a sad story...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>I think your referring to Tom Law. He's out of the sharpening business now. Unfortunately a loss to a lot of us...

There's a nother person in NY I believe. I can't recall his name now. hopefully someone will know.

Good luck!

Re: Well, It's a sad story... *LINK*

Ted Shuck, Centennial, CO

>The only sharpener I have seen recommended after Tom Law retired is Cooke's Sharpening. I have linked their website below. I have not used their service before, just read about them on the internet, so take that for what it is worth.

I highly recommend that your friend learn to sharpen saws himself. It really isn't that difficult. The hardest part is getting the family and pets out of the house so they don't moan and wail at the noise. If you use the saws, they will need to be resharpened, so it's worth learning to do it. You can buy all the tools that you will need and a junk saw to practice on for less than the price of sending two saws off to be sharpened. And... it generally takes less time than a trip to the post office to send the saws away.

Regards,

Ted


Cooke's sharpening

Re: Saw Sharpening help.

Skip in Falls Church

>Hi Doug,

I second Ted's suggestion. I was really reluctant to start sharpening my own - and I'm still not that good on smaller cross cut teeth but it's really not too hard to learn. There is so much more you can do if you are able to sharpen your own. There's plenty of information about sharpening on this site under the Articles and Reviews section.

Skip

Re: Cookes is great

les winter

>I've had saws sharpened by Cookes. Fine job, nice price, quick service. Perfect deal.

No relationship; just a very satisfied customer. Oh, by the way, he sells saws at nice prices.

regards

les

Re: Saw Sharpening help.

paul womack

>and I'm still not that good on smaller cross cut teeth

Yeah - those are the hardest. Most people seem most interested in DT saws, and those are fairly hard (very small teeth).

But bigger cross cuts, and especially big rips are quite easy, and a good place to start practising (there's that word again!)

BugBear

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Skip in Falls Church

>Hi Bugbear,

I'll be getting a bit of practice, I have several saw projects ahead. It's really funny though - I don't have any problems doing small rip teeth at all.

Skip

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paul womack

>It's really funny though - I don't have any problems doing small rip teeth at all.

At 16 TPI and finer, I have trouble seeing/telling which are the teeth facing away and which towards, since DT saws also use minimal set. The actual filing isn't too bad.

For this reason, I've recently tried, with favourable results, using a tiny amount of fleam. I tried 8 degrees, and it "softens" the cut slightly, but also makes it much easier to track which tooth is which.

On the trial saw, I actually went for 8 degrees rake, 8 degrees fleam, in an attempt to make an easy to use DT saw. The blade stock was a little thicker than ideal for DT (30 thou), but the saw was most pleasant in use.

I may try 6 degrees next time.

BugBear

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Skip in Falls Church

>Hi BugBear,

Well, you're out of my territory - the smallest I've done is 14 tpi. OTOH I use a magnifying light to do teeth that small so it's not too tough to do. :)

Skip

Thank you all

Doug Littlejohn

>My friend will probably not use up the sharpening for at least 10 years, he is way into power for a very part time hobby. He has one of those neat handwas that have teeth on 3 sides along with the back that serves as a depth stop. He would have sold the saw were it 1) not from his grandfather and 2) old and cool and could be occasionally useful.

So, he has already contacted the name given and will soon have a nice, sharp, saw. BTW - he says the shipping there and back woth cost more that the actual sharpening.

Thanks again,

Sherwood