How To Set A Saw

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5 ай бұрын

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Setting a saw can be confusing as there are so many different saw sets out there.
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@thedeano65 5 ай бұрын

Thanks James I have been a joiner for 40 plus years and still find all your videos useful I'm always looking for the next one to watch keep up the good work

@J.A.Smith2397 5 ай бұрын

He the hardest working man on KZfaq if ya look how often n how well done all his videos are!

@MosquitoMade 5 ай бұрын

Mine has been on order since they announced it, looking forward to getting mine!

@michaeldoto4673 5 ай бұрын

When I first began sharpening my saws, I added way to much set. I didn’t understand the concept and I couldn’t find a video that gave clear instructions. Thank you for resolving this for both myself, and all current & future saw sharpeners’ to come.

@koobs9083 Ай бұрын

Thanks man, I'm only just beginning the resto of a bunch of old saws and this really helped. Cheers

@darodes 5 ай бұрын

James your timing is impeccable… need to set the teeth on my first refurbished hand saw…. Your sharpening videos were so helpful thanks so much!

@theeddorian 5 ай бұрын

I initially sued to set the saw every time sharpened it. Over the time I have been sharpening my saws, I have eased off and now only set when the saw starts bind easily. Learning about stoning the saw proved to be critical to cut quality with my backsaws. Not just because it helped straighten the cut if the saw wandered, but if there was too much set, the blade will waver slightly side to side. That creates a messy cut surface, so I stone to clean up the up as well as straighten it.

@justplanebob105 5 ай бұрын

Excellent Video, James. When I was first learning to sharpen my saws I picked up a Stanley Handyman Saw Set at a Flea Market. It seems to work just fine but I have often wondered if I should try to upgrade. I've only had to do this once or twice so far so a really expensive one does not appear to be in my near future. My grandfather sharpened saws and lawnmowers (the old reel type) professionally and I inherited his files and tools. He had punches and hammers but no saw set in his tool chest. I guess I know what he did now. haha. Hope to see you at the Groundhog Meet.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

See you next weekend!

@standswithfish 5 ай бұрын

I see you're set in your ways.

@ssrattus 5 ай бұрын

Thanks James.

@MCsCreations 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the info, James! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@navret1707 5 ай бұрын

I never saw this before.

@jimcarter4929 5 ай бұрын

Well I saw it coming.

@karlmouck4878 2 ай бұрын

As soon as you showed that Bad Ass tool I thought, That's it! That's the tool I need. Then I went to the Bad Ass website and saw the price! Guess I don't need that tool after all.

@theidlehandsworkshop3884 5 ай бұрын

That was informative, I have both of the Defiance saw sets even though to my knowledge there was never a Defiance branded saw produced by Stanley. Sorry, no snide comment this time, I learned something and knowledge is power !!!

@glencrandall7051 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Have a great 2024 and stay safe.🙂🙂

@pettere8429 5 ай бұрын

Best way to get hammer setting repeatable would be to make a contraption that lifts a hammer a fixed distance and drop it. Next we make this lifting motion foot actuated and...

@karolskakes388 5 ай бұрын

I think you hit the nail - oh saw tooth - on the head with this video! The debate will still be happening as long as wood & saws are around. LOL😏

@robertdavis171 5 ай бұрын

When youbbend or stretch metal, it first goes into elastic deformation and it will spring back to the original position. Bend setting is a perfect example of this. So you have to go beyond the elastic deformation into the plastic deformation where the metal stays in the final shape. Hammer setting is fast and skips the elastic deformation phase and goes into plastic deformation right away. So if you are doing small amounts of set, you pretty much need to hammer set them. If you bend them, the might spring back to straight. Or if you bend them to stay put, you may have bent them too far.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

for those that like to use plyer setting they say that you just bend them a bit further so that it will relax back to where you want it.

@michaelcurry8905 5 ай бұрын

For my fine-toothed saws I use one of several jigs I made using a bit of hardened steel and some red oak I had lying around (total costs of jigs about 10 percent of the Bad Axe jig) and hammer-set. For my handsaws I use a saw setting plyer like my grandfather did.

@wolf9895 5 ай бұрын

Setting is a saw point

@ToolsandTime 5 ай бұрын

Cool video and thanks for showing that to us and discussing the ins and outs of the process!

@user-io9ln1or7c 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Sir.🎉

@DanielSmith-yu9wq 5 ай бұрын

I just went to the dentist, so I thought my teeth were all set. Unfortunately the dentist was stoned.

@frankhill9527 5 ай бұрын

Great information. Thanks for sharing.

@upsidedowndog1256 5 ай бұрын

Cool! I have about 10 different vintage pliers type sets, but I want to concentrate on using one. Thanks for the advice, James!

@DillyDally024 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge, dude.

@royreynolds108 5 ай бұрын

I found several cross-cut saws and blades once. I filed the teeth and set them by trial. I am sure I didn't do a great job, but heck, the saw did cut after I worked on it. I also made a handle for one that did not have a handle. This was back in the 60s when I was going to college.

@lelandallen 5 ай бұрын

Now I’m set!

@loicvadot3181 5 ай бұрын

It is also possible to set a saw whith a screwdriver. It does to teeth at a time. It juste have to put the screwdriver beetwin two teeth and spin it

@coreybuck2908 5 ай бұрын

I used your cross-cut saw sharpening video to sharpen my first vintage brass back saw, and this video comes out after I realize I need more set in my blade. Can you legit read minds? Once again, quality and unbiased content. Keep up the great work!

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

Lol. I do enjoy reading minds.

@johncallender6677 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks

@sween187 5 ай бұрын

I saw you had a new video, I set my expectations, you didn't disappoint

@cliffwood7386 5 ай бұрын

I had watched your videos on sharpening, but now that this one has released I should be all set! I wonder if there's the potential to add a mechanism to something like the Bad Axe system that delivers a sharp blow, but the same every time. Something like one of those automatic center punches.

@karolskakes388 5 ай бұрын

That item can be found for a price - watch the video of James getting his custom saw made!

@NickLuker 5 ай бұрын

There are "trip hammer" saw sets. They are usually pedal activated and controlled by the tension in a few springs. They are a precursor to the automatic saw sets that Foley, Belnap, and Beaver Manufacturing Company (BeMaCo) made.

@robswitzer5555 5 ай бұрын

Great info

@dscrive 5 ай бұрын

first hundredth! I think this was a very valuable video, I wasn't too familiar with hammer setting, and haven't been to excited to use the plier style sets I have found over the years haha

@phillipbrooks1289 5 ай бұрын

Never seen a saw set like that before. Another bad axe video 🤘

@tlange5091 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@tommoeller7149 5 ай бұрын

I'm all set 😊

@CosmicKnight1 5 ай бұрын

Way more about saw setting than I ever imagined. That said, I’m still wondering if the treatment is different for rip and crosscut saws. I imagine it it’s and can intuit out how to do it right I suppose. Unless there’s something to know that wouldn’t be obvious until I have done it a bunch of times. As always, James, great video. You do some really good work putting these together. Thank you.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

There is no difference between rip cut and crosscut. The only slight difference is that with rip cut you can do every other tooth in any orientation. With crosscut you do every other tooth but you always want to make sure the point of the tooth is pointed to the outside.

@johnford7847 5 ай бұрын

I read somewhere that you have to be careful to set the teeth in the same direction each time - meaning if you set a tooth to the left one time, don't set it to the right next time. Otherwise, you may break teeth and have to recut the saw. Is this your experience? Thanks - an excellent video.

@BadAxeToolWorks 5 ай бұрын

That is correct! It can put too much stress on the teeth to bend them the opposite direction and they can snap off when filing or sawing. If it were one or two teeth, it shouldn't be a major problem though.

@avocette 5 ай бұрын

It would be the same as bending a metal wire back and forth until it snaps.

@Apillicus 5 ай бұрын

Man $250 for the saw set. You weren't kidding how expensive those are

@kimmosaarinen2780 5 ай бұрын

"..until it's nice and stiff and pointing in the right direction." :D

@tom314 5 ай бұрын

Always interesting, Alec Steele has just released a video making his own saw, he was asking exactly this questions (among others about sharpening the teeth which you've recently answered), so everyone go suggest to him this video :D

@tomarmstrong1000 5 ай бұрын

I was really scared of setting a finer toothed saw I had bought to repair (15 ppi). But after watching a few videos, mostly Mr sellers, I just had a go using a nail set and a very light tap with a Warrington hammer. After that it was a good fine rip cut . Just got to get brave and have a go

@SaintFredrocks 3 ай бұрын

I bought an inexpensive saw to practice with myself.

@Mjordanlky 5 ай бұрын

Love Bad Axe Products! Anxiously awaiting mine. Hoping they come out with a tutorial/deep dive video of their own on KZfaq or social media that goes into more detail, especially with the screw height that establishes the particular set, how hard to hit it, etc. Similar to the videos Woodpeckers puts out when they introduce a new product. Thanks James!

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

She said they were making one.

@NickLuker 5 ай бұрын

One of the more interesting, on the jobsite, ways Rex - I think - showed on a wooden plane. The user set the saw with a punch and using the long bevel on the body of the plane as the anvil. You could see the outline of the saw teeth on the bevel's face. A word of advice for those looking to get the pliers/pistol type saw sets, if you are doing the setting in a vice, the pistol grip type (e.g. Stanley 42X) can have problems. Since the saw cannot raise very far above the jaws and the handles are perpendicular to the jaws, you can run out of room for your hand, the saw set, and the vice jaws; I've had this happen. The Eclipse style pliers do not have this problem. I've used both, and, as James said, if you are setting more than 1 saw, you will have the Kung Fu Grip of Death by the time you are done.

@tatehogan5685 5 ай бұрын

I feel like you set me up. Now I'm set to go out to the shop and adjust my teeth. I just need to set this phone down first 😂❤

@avocette 5 ай бұрын

What if someone can make like a lever style setting tool that uses a spring hammer like a centering punch?

@Adamant4160 5 ай бұрын

Love the shirt

@bakerzermatt 5 ай бұрын

In Europe we have saw sets that look like pliers, and they're made to be used with the saw plate horizontal (for example lying on your lap. They work, but they tend to bend the whole tooth instead of just the tip like with the Eclise saw set.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

Yup we have those here. They come in all shapes and orientations.

@short6691 5 ай бұрын

I have used a 48” frame saw to rip short (6’ long, 16” dia) logs for quarter-sawing. The logs were green and if the set was inadequate it was difficult to follow the line I scribed with a sharpie. I tried the hammer set method and the wrench set method. Wrench set allowed me to make a wide enough set/kerf so I could more easily steer the blade. Or maybe I was bull-dogging the blade as the log was not neutered?

@AllanMacMillan 5 ай бұрын

Setting that rip saw looked a heck of a lot easier than a 15tpi dovetail saw. I used a nail and a 3x magnifier. I wished it had been a 6x or more those are some small teeth.

@Fusion_Woodworking 5 ай бұрын

set, ready saw.

@Fusion_Woodworking 5 ай бұрын

I put that 1 min before the ending.

@emerald1587 5 ай бұрын

Very usefull information and as always: great fun to watch! The technique you describe, can I also use that for my bandsaw blade? Or is this flexible but hardend metal not suitable?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

As long as they are not carbide teeth

@robertspeer 5 ай бұрын

This is exactly how I imagined going to Hogwarts would be like. Advanced magic wand fettrling and it’s controversies”

@user-wm3cr8bz7f 3 ай бұрын

Do you know of a video or blog that describes exactly how the 3 different points of contact in a pliers type saw set all contribute to the resulting set of a saw? Almost all of the saw sets that are available for little money on the used market (ebay, FB marketplace, flea markets, ...) are of the 3 point variety, with lots of variations in the form of the anvil and bottom screw (in the case of your tool), but I haven't been able to find a good answer about how that bottom screw (or its equivalent) should be set. Similarly, there is very little information about how exactly to use the beveled anvils that slide up and down. There are a lot of explanations for how to set the rotating anvils. More generally, given the large range of designs for saw sets, it would be really interesting to see a broader discussion of how some of the more commonly available ones are intended to be used and what advantages each one claims to have. (There wouldn't be some many different patents unless each inventor believed that he had made some worthwhile improvement to previous designs.)

@thomasarussellsr 5 ай бұрын

Oh, either you put no cred to it, didn't know, or cut it for time... There is also a practice in some areas to use less set on the toe of the saw. This is believed by its users to create an easier "starting" area at the nose for starting cuts. A less set section allows for straighter starting with less grabbiness or jumping around. This is sometimes achieved with more TPI by the manufacturer as well, at the toe of the saw. Of course more/smaller teeth and less set together do achieve a better starting pattern, but my question, as I don't own a saw with a starter section, is... Is the plate thinner at the nose as well? Otherwise, it would be more likely to bind where you have the most of the flexable plate between the push and the cut. Thanks for any input/reply.

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

Ya I have found that to be WAY more work then it is worth.

@soylentgreen326 5 ай бұрын

I’m too set in my ways ❤

@nevinmurtha1670 5 ай бұрын

How does the hammer jig make the set more even than just using a punch and a hammer?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

because the bend is at the same spot on the tooth every time. it is not about the force but the angle to which it is bent.

@johnygoodman6659 4 ай бұрын

Hmmm so maybe this is why my saw keeps getting jammed when i cut i get so far it wont even push through or pull out

@janetcoursey6756 2 ай бұрын

Comment down below.

@paco_vazquez 5 ай бұрын

Intrigued 🤓

@solosniper86 4 ай бұрын

Is there a reason why a person can't have saw teeth set in pairs or triples? Is there a reason why it MUST be every other tooth? Thanks for another great video!

@WoodByWrightHowTo 4 ай бұрын

Do them in sets. But that can sometimes create a lower frequency vibration which you feel far more.

@solosniper86 4 ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo I figured there'd be a good reason. Thanks!

@TheCatNipGardener 5 ай бұрын

It's a saw subject....

@gordonmccall5263 5 ай бұрын

@10:40 I think you meant to say .005", or 5 thousandths of an inch.

@raffaellobrondi7233 5 ай бұрын

Comment down below

@ER-tw3ld 5 ай бұрын

Hi James, the teeth on my 5tpi are set way too far. What is the best way to set them back to the middle?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

You can put a hammer in a vise with the head facing up and then lay the saw on that hammer and tap them with another hammer. Tapping them between the two Hammer faces will flatten them back down.

@ER-tw3ld 5 ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTook thank you!

@OpossumPiper 4 ай бұрын

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@dandelie2067 5 ай бұрын

I am to hesitant to saw set a saw. I have 3 Linx saws. I am not looking forward to it.

@martingiordano7616 5 ай бұрын

CDB

@SaintFredrocks 3 ай бұрын

Bad Axe wants $250 for their saw set. Just how much do the originals cost? Wow.

@blawa 5 ай бұрын

This is a comment, are we all set?

@andrewbrimmer1797 5 ай бұрын

If you really stone your look for Owlsey and play Casey Jones and White Rabbit

@andrewbrimmer1797 5 ай бұрын

This probably only means anything to people born before 1955

@davewest6788 5 ай бұрын

Im set on dad jokes for awhile

@jccote6059 5 ай бұрын

The Stanley one was also great a play "cowboys and Indians" when I was a kid until my carpenter dad would catch me playing with it. (note for the WOKE: I am 60 therefore it was a normal game when I was a kid)

@lydiarol7892 5 ай бұрын

New shirt?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

Christmas was good!

@uwyphi 5 ай бұрын

weeeeeh comment stoned bellow

@burrenwoodworking 5 ай бұрын

@jonmccormick6805 5 ай бұрын

James, could you answer a question for me, please?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

Yes. But I probably won't see the replay if you send me an email I will see it for sure.

@jonmccormick6805 5 ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo I appreciate your answer. Thank you!

@J.A.Smith2397 5 ай бұрын

James Wright, you've lost some weight huh!?

@WoodByWrightHowTo 5 ай бұрын

A little bit.

@cbryantbear6498 5 ай бұрын

Set yourself please!

@vince55sanders 5 ай бұрын

⚠Only Users Lose Set.

@jimhyslop 5 ай бұрын

It looks like the screw that adjusts the set in the Bad Axe saw set is loose enough that it could slowly work its way down, thus increasing your set as you go.

@madtitan9639 5 ай бұрын

I'll just set this comment here.

@danazlin3409 5 ай бұрын

So the antique Stanley is "expensive." OK. But the Bad Axe set is also expensive! I think I'll use the pine board method as being more cost effective. ;-)

@robohippy 4 ай бұрын

You flat work people are at least as bad as we lathe people.... Ask 10 people the same question, and you will get at least a dozen different answers. My first thought with the Bad Axe saw set and the one before it was that the hammer part was spring loaded so you pulled it up and let it go to get the same amount of strike force each time....