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OK - thanks for the tip :)

"Be aware" or "beware" ? Haha. My saw set is a cheap Stanley No. 442 - I know it's not the best but works fine to set teeth.

Hey Lowell - yep I would do that too...with a bit of lubrication like Windex or WD-40.

I did some more test cuts with this saw last night in maple. Saws great! There's a bit of a catch in it...

Hey Tom - yes that's probably true. Maybe I will just leave it for now :)

Hi Derek,
The reason I retoothed this one was on account of this was how it looked:

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A test rip and cross cut in red oak:
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When I saw setting the saw I noticed some small flat spots still on the teeth so I may make another pass on it. I may also relax the rake angle...

Well, I went to work on this saw just now and I think it turned out OK. Not perfect - but it cuts wood and that's what counts, right? Thanks to everyone for their help on this. Would I want to do...

Hey Pete - I think maybe I didn't take a pic of the section that had the broken teeth because I cant find any pics either!

I hear you on getting it mechanically retoothed :) I wanted to do this...

Thanks Brian! I've sharpened other saws that were very pleasurable to do, like the original one in this thread. It was quiet and meditative - very nice.

With this one it must have been the file...

Excellent tips, thanks Brian! I think the issue was pushing the file too hard as it was really getting dull. That one was was a 5" 2x slim from Nicholson. I threw it out.

My replacement is a...

Hi Phil - thanks for the tip here. I actually did try a paper pattern first but found it difficult to keep the file right on the line. And, yes, there is one small area of pitting on the tooth line...

Hi Brian - I definitely ran into some issues doing this and haven't quite finished yet (mostly because the saw file I was using to do this finally reached it's end). I'm wondering where I went...

Cool - thanks Brian - and good point...the tenons usually get cleaned up anyways so they don't need to have a super clean surface.

Thanks for all of the tips! I'll post some pics when she's done...

Awesome job :)

And you built it with all of those Japanese Tools there?

Brilliant tip, that! I've got an 11 TPI miter saw that I could use to mark the teeth too. I was thinking of doing a higher tooth count, though. This will be a 12" Tenon saw so should be rip. ...

Yea this saw was pretty messed up when I got it. The tooth line also has a hollow along its length so the teeth in the middle are lower than the teeth at the toe and heel. The saw plate was not...

Actually now that I'm thinking of it, there aren't really any shorter teeth on this one. It looks like the weird M pattern on some big crosscut saws:
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Am I dealing with something else here?

Awesome - thanks for the tip - I can certainly try!

Here's another victory for Windex that occurred just tonight haha. Another WS saw - this one a beat up and abused 12" backsaw:

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During:

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I just did a very similar repair on the saw here: https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?271326-Crosscut-Hand-Saw-Rehab

Shouldn't be too hard at all - go for it :)

Wow that fix looks amazing! It blends in very nicely!

I bought an old Stanley No. 6 from Ebay and it showed up cracked. Unfortunately, the crack starts on the cheek but ends on the sole.

The...

I notice this weird wide open spectrum in prices for the seemingly same tools as well. The Stanley Nos. 78 and 92 are others that have the same issue.

The 92 is $120 at Rockler, $93 at Amazon,...

Beauty!! Awesome job! :)

Yea I would definitely just use as-is. If you have it for a long time and you re-file over and over you will bring the tooth line lower and lower and that tooth can eventually reappear :)

Hey Pete - yes I recommend it. I'm not sure if it ends up being cheaper than mineral spirits or not...and it does stink as well haha - so it's probably about the same either way!