Over the weekend, I was chatting with some folks and the subject of learning to file saws came up. One guy said he'd tried it but messed up the tooth spacing, so I offered to re-tooth it for him. Then I got to thinking about it and realized I should probably make the same offer here.
I have access to a Foley re-toother at work. After hours--like this project will be--I can use it for my own purposes. After getting things OK'd with my boss, I can make the following offer: If any of the Creekers is to the point of thinking they need to start over to figure out sawfiling, I'll re-tooth a saw for you--one per person. Your only cost will be round trip postage.
You'll need to remove the saw handle and clean the blade. Since I'm not going to try to straighten blades, if you want to be able to use the saw when you finish, you should probably select a straight blade to begin with. With a permanent felt-tip marker of some kind, write your name, address, the teeth you want me to stamp into the blade--rip or crosscut--and the number of ppi. Personally, for beginners I'd suggest rip teeth and no more than 8 or 9 ppi, but suit yourself. If I recall correctly, I can stamp new teeth at 4, 4 ½, 5, 5 ½, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 ppi.
When the saw arrives, I'll unwrap it, re-tooth it, and send it back in the same packaging. I typically work on my own project saws about one evening a week, so it might take a week or two to get your saw turned around. When you get it back, you'll have a blade ready to file and set.
Anyhow, if you're interested, PM me for shipping details. For the record, the hardest part of this will probably be unwrapping the packages; it usually only takes 5-10 minutes to stamp out a new set of teeth.
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