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It depends on whether they are ripcut or crosscut. Ripcut is the same but crosscut must be filed from both sides

If you look further on YT you will find a vid on sharpening crosscuts.

The saw file is a special file. The edges of the file are round and not sharp as they are at the normal triangular file. The sharp edges could damage your sawblade. The saw files have six faces, not only three.

Buy a 4" extra slim Bahco file or then too a three-square needle fille.

The base of each corner of a triangular saw file dosent come to a point so when it files the steel the gullet of the teeth are rounded, if it comes to a harp v (the gullet that is, not the tip) the plate can fracture and the tooth can break off or fracture into the plate which can mean mill filing all the way down to the fracture and creating new teeth which is a pain, bacho make a decent saw file which you can buy in sets from places like Lee Valley, might depend on where you are on what you can get. For tiny teeth (like 20 tpi) you might be able to get away with a normal needle 3 sided file as there wont be much force per tooth and the file will naturally have a small radius at the corners (a problem will bigger tpi is that radius becomes relatively too small). If you do buy a saw file, make sure the sides of the file are at least twice the depth of your teeth, this allows for an even wear of the files sides as you rotate between all 3 corners.

What a nice surprise, I can get these saw files for the equivalent of £15 here in the southern tip of Africa. Thanks for the advise!

It's all too easy to think you must joint the teeth when in fact you don't. After you have sharpened, run your fingertips lightly along the teeth to feel for a high tooth. When your fingers hit them you will feel the high spot. Take the file and fil either side of the high tooth and even out the tooth from both or one side depending on what you see. You can guestimate the height, try it in the cut and see if it still snags in the wood.

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Google Crown 10" gents saw. Should pay under £20

I think youi have it wrong Thomas. This is a ripcut that can be filed all from one side. Crosscuts must be sharpened from both sides. As dovetail saws and tenon saws are generally and predominantly used in ripcut mode they are best sharpened for ripcut. Using the small toothed saw for both rip and crosscut with the same teeth. That's ten teeth per inch or less.

@@Paul.Sellers ahh, okay. I must have misunderstood. I thought you had said you were sharpening every other tooth.

@@thomasarussellsr No he just kept saying, "Skipped a tooth" because he was moving so quickly on a really fine toothed saw. Very easy to land in the wrong tooth. You can tell because of the high TPI but he does go back and fix the ones he accidentally skipped.

@@Rokmonkey32 No, I got that during the video. Early on, I thought I heard him say something about every other tooth. I have suffered from traumatic brain injury and a stroke, so sometimes I have auditory hallucinations. This was probably one of those times. Damned war time injuries.

Look around Paul did video on this.

@@jimcarter4929 do you mean kzfaq.info/get/bejne/quCTZ9eCmqm2qJ8.html ? Thanks but It shows one gentle bend one way or the other. The saw I have is (with a little exagerration) like elongated "S" or step shape.

If it's a new saw like Paul's, it should be obvious when you start sharpening, so the best advice is just to give it a try. You just match the angle of the file to the existing angle and just push it through from gullet to tip (your file will be taller than the tooth). You'll notice that the sharpened teeth are shinier so you shouldn't lose track.

@@ricos1497 Thank you! But I am not so sure still. If you filed all the way down the size of the file would be crucial. I think I remember Paul said it should be considerable above the teeth (did he say twice as much?) But then question would be how much is left from the teeth if you file down till the gullet. Let us see, maybe he addresses it.

I did answer you straight off Christian, I am not sure why it disappeared. Yes, you place the file in the gullet and let it register to the existing Vee of the cut and touching both faces, the front of one tooth and the back of the other, adjacent one. Do each gullet with the same length of stroke, same pressure but not too heavy. As you file you will see the brightness of the tooth brighten. If it is a well-worn saw you may have to repeat the whole operation a second pass after doing the full length of the saw. What you are relying on is the bottom gullet of the teeth as a registration point for your saw. This should maintain the distances of the teeth unless of course, the teeth were badly sharpened..

@@Paul.Sellers Sorry Paul. Still did not totally get it. "What you are relying on is the bottom gullet of the teeth as a registration point for your saw. " registration point for saw or for file? Maybe I rephrase my question: Is the aim to file until the file touches the whole sides of the two facets (so until the bottom of the gullet) or only the upper part? Possibly the point is that I do not understand if the entire facet cuts or only a certain amount of it from the tip downwards. Understanding that would be helpful as it seems to relate to sizing of the file: (1) If it is very big it should only file at the top of the facets. (2) if it is very small then it should sink down in the gullet and not touch both facets close to the tip... Hope I could make my point clear.

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On ripcuts you file through-cuts in every gullet, crosscut you file ever alternate tooth and then turn around and file the inbetweeners. That creates the pinnacle three-sided tooth. On smaller saws with teeth smaller than ten per inch it is best to sharpen them as ripcut because these teeth will both rip- and cross-cut.

Thank you, Paul. Just took my Irwin 3055 12 tpi tenon saw and is has two-sided teeth.

It's a Pax but go for a Crown 10" 17ppi. They are a little cheaper but exactly same specs. Currently around £15 plus VAT on Amazon and others.

No, I have enough saws. I bought this one to show people what to expect and what to do if such a thing needed doing.

Possibly. It depends on the size of the teeth and then the hardness. Some hobby saws have super-small teeth so upwards of 30 TPI and are very small. Then the plates on hobby saws are sometimes super hard too because they can be used for cutting metals and cannot be filed. Best to just try. You will need a three-square needle file by Bahco

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It's a Thomas Flinn, Pax model gents saw.

Go for Crown 10" gents saw. Under £20! Been using my personal one for 25 years and have bought a dozen and more and they are consistently the same.

@@Paul.Sellers Thanks, Paul.

@@Paul.Sellers thanks so much! You're awesome!