Sharpening Service Mobile Alabama Area
Handsaw Reshaping and Sharpening Service $35 per saw When reshaping a handsaw, I start with jointing the tooth line to ensure that it is straight or properly breasted, as appropriate. No mater how often I do this, I dislike…
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Basic HandSaw Sharpening Service $20 per saw The Basic Handsaw Sharpening Service is for saws that only need a light touch up sharpening and do not require reshaping and leveling of the existing teeth. The existing rake and fleam…
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Throughout history, and still today, handsaw sharpening skills are essential to the wordworking trade. All the old handsaws were sharpened by hand. In fact, the basics of sharpening and setting handsaw blades were among the first skills learned when starting as an apprentice. It was the most important skill for every artisan in the trade. Before electricity and combustion engines, lumberjacks, carpenters, boat builders and cabinet makers used hand powered saws for every task. Handsaws were used everywhere and by just about all trades.
I have considerable experience sharpening backsaws, all types of saws for that mater, and found there is one important thing that you have to remember when filing either a rip or a crosscut saw. That is, you want to always file toward the toe of the saw.
I will sharpen anything you bring me–maybe with the exception of balloons and bubbles. There is, for me at least, a lot of satisfaction in putting things right again. I do love restoring the older things but unless I am…
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Sharpening An Old Panel Saw Handsaws like the one pictured in this post have blades of spring steel with wooden handles attached. They come in a variety of sizes from about 20″ to over 30″. They are generally used…
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