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What fleam angle do you file at? What slope angle? 20200817_172025.jpg Here is my current set up with a vise sloping at 45° and only 5° fleam. And it works just fine. I hold file horizontal i.e. parallel to ground and parallel with the lines on fleam board. 20200817_144243.jpg I had been filing at 1...

I have now filed lots of the Great American. My experience is here: https://www.shedtherapy.com/create-tooth-geometry-on-great-american-saw/ Whilst GA saws cut at half the speed of a well-tuned raker saw they are much less than half the effort to maintain. If you run a raker through dirty wood you c...

Here is blog of my process:
https://www.shedtherapy.com/making-d-handles/

I attach a template for the D handle

Sumnergeo writes: I have been "ripping" a number of pecan logs and my procedure is to cut an inch or so into the butt with a 3-ft crosscut then split with wedges then draw knife and plane to get planks. He could also try a froe and cleaving brake. That allows a degree of control as to where the spli...

By straight teeth I meant - and apologise I was not clear - that the tooth line is straight. This has a curved tooth line which I now know is less effective at ripping than a straight one.

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20200416_200431.jpg 20200416_211813.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qWyhgG25_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m61fllZSrGI I filed this from a 3 foot old junker. Pitch 22 mm, set 15 thou, gullets 12 mm deep, hook angle ( some call this 'negative rake') 5 degrees, clearance angle 10 degrees.

How did you find this saw in use? I bought one of theirs but sold it on because I had no pit.
The man who bought it found the saw very aggressive i.e. hungry and tiring for the sawyers.