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Working on a one man saw today and thought I'd file a couple cutters with the serrations on the cutters, that have been a standard for White pine competition saws. It's not easy to file them consistently. And I'm out of practice with them anyways. It takes a little bit of file manipulation to get th...

Some of the filers in Western Canada did this to the cutters when using the saws for cutting White Pine. the serrations allowed the cutters to sever the fibers better. By using a course bastard file you can make the serrations fairly uniform. I've had a few people request this style tooth for cuttin...

I totally understand your [explicatives] frustration. I've had the same happen to myself a couple times. Sooooo, I now put everything in a word document file, and then copy and paste it into the post. Continue your great posts. We are all learning from them.
John

We are glad to have You! John

I've always filed the saw like the Disston Lumbermans Handbook suggests. PATCsawyer started a thread on the Great American saw which has some good info in it. https://www.crosscutsawyer.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1252 Posted photo from Lumbermans Handbook When filing M-Tooth the outside Rake angle of ...

Slope angle is the angle made by the file and the saw plate when measuring straight across the saw plate.

Couple more photos, as I couldn't upload all first round. The BESTAR Steel information is what was sent to me when asking about saw steel used by an un-named saw manufacturing company New Zealand. summary: when tempering saw steel the hotter you anneal or temper the saw, the softer the steel will be...

A most excellent post Jim! You have put a lot of time and effort into your project and will be appreciated by all that can use your information. This addition to your post, adds to yours as supplemental information. I've been trying to find time in my busy schedule lately to post something similar. ...

I'm thinking that Burton Saw can still get anvils of what ever size and shape you want. Most will be mild steel blocks. I send my anvils in to have them reground about every five years. The round saw anvils have a slight crown to them unless you want it flat. the Band saw anvils are flat. Armstrong,...

I've found that when hammering any saw, whether it be a band or circular the hammer has a better ability to strike solidly, if the anvil is slightly crowned. When there is a concave surface the saw will be lifted from the anvil slightly and the hammer will just bounce off the saw plate. Most all my ...