I was doing a little work in the shop this past weekend, and needed to cut off a short piece from a board several feet long. I usually make the trek to the CMS (not in the shop due to space constraints ) but then reached for a...(gasp) HAND SAW . Since I'm trying to make the switch from electrons to calories, why not. Now this is not a classic saw or one I'd ever used---given to me by a cousin who heard I was interested in tools! 1950's Disston with a plastic handle (tag says $1.98 ) Then I remembered why I never used them! --vibrated like you know what. Since I've been reading about sharpening etc. I knew this was because there was too much set, and the resulting kerf too wide I think
Since my sharpening skills are modest, I've only been using paper on glass, so no stones to take off some set. Well, I do have a small ceramic stone that I got several years ago, I don't remember why, though probably thought every woodworker needed a stone! (Boy, I wish SMC had been around then )
So after this long winded intro.....will this "stone" work on the saw. Should I get a cheap oil stone for this? other suggestions?