I found another way to lay out the tooth spacing on such a wooden jig I'd like to share here. If you clamp a length of steel threaded rod against such a board very tightly you get a series of indentations uniformly spaced. These can then be deepened. Different diameters and pitches of threaded rod can be used, metric or inch. I found 1/2" by 13 threads per inch useful. In fact, if two thin boards are together imprinted together at their seam, the imprint will be deepest at the edges of each and they can be cut differently after that using every second or third indentation if wanted.

This one is a good example of the excellent quality of camera work that helps you be the best teacher around. It pays to have a good crew.

Thanks Paul you set me on my journey 4 years ago as a fifo worker in Australia but able to woodwork on-site with handtools, built a table with packing timber with no power tools, and thanks to the generations prior that paved the way.

I've made a blade holder of recycled oak and cleaned up an old eye bolt for the clamp and now I've recut a recycled crosscut saw plate (there were 5 unsharpened old Distons in the back of my uncles shed when he passed away) as well as reducing the size of the handle to match a dovetail saw. I never would have attempted such a rebuild as this without these great old videos but all I have left is laying out and filing the teeth as this instructs. From Chesapeake Bay Paul, can't thank you enough.

I can't say a word, I'm blown away. It makes you wonder how they are made in a factory, and if he picked up a brand new massed produced saw, would he fix it and make it cut better? Thank you. He's a master at his craft. But lets face it this is tedious work, however taking a saw your great grandfather used in his trade and I'm 59 so that would make it about a 150 year old saw and bringing it back to usable quality seems worth it to pass it down to your kids or grand children with the knowledge of how to maintain it. That priceless.

I just cant thank this man enough for his teaching

Having served my time as an apprentice carpenter in the early 1970’s when I was under the wing of a brilliant craftsman by the name of Eddie Murphy (an Irish time served cooper, cabinet maker and joiner) who taught me to have respect for not only yourself and what you can be, but also for the tools with which you can make so much - I am in awe of you Paul. I’d forgotten how to do even the most basic maintenance of my tools, which I have to say have sat neglected and forgotten for over forty years. Having watched your films, I have started to restore and recommission them. Thank you Paul for rekindling my desire to get back on the tools. Your manner is easy to watch and follow. Thank you.

I am proficient in saw sharpening because of my Dad and this man. My Dad for giving me the interest and skills in word working and this man for giving me techniques that my Dad may have ,missed teaching me in the time we had together

I watched all of your saw sharpening and teeth cutting videos. I felt confident enough to file my Veritas dovetail saw teeth flat and cut new teeth. I tried cutting new teeth using your method but I could not keep the spacing accurate. I tried to think of something that I could use as a cutting template so I found a cheap 16 thread per inch all thread rod. I filed the teeth flat again and tried cutting new teeth using the all thread rod as my filing template. It worked perfectly! I now have my saw back to cutting dove tails better than it did new. I have learned so much from watching your videos. I feel that I am becoming a much better woodworker even at my age (I'm retired so guess at the age) with each video I watch!

Thank you, Paul for such a great demonstration. And as an added bonus I now understood the origin of the expression to cut one's teeth.

This is what l have been looking for. Thanks from Uganda 🇺🇬

It is the patience, knowing that all these tasks can be achieved with accuracy if you are calm and patient. This mantra has slowly moved me from the power tool urgency to viewing my woodworking as a meditation that makes all my projects so much more enjoyable and satisfying. I started watching Paul when I found my father-in-laws stash of hand planes in a box. I moved on to building his workbench. I have been working on sharpening saws but I still have a long way to go. This video gives me the courage to keep trying to perfect the task. Knowing that you can file the saw flat and start again is very cathartic.

A few days ago I stumbled across one of your videos Paul, I've not watched anything else since! This video has me astonished! Covid has me broke and with time to spare so I've been brushing up on my woodworking skills. I have found a rusty old saw with battered teeth in the shed and I'm in need of a small dovetail saw. Thanks to this video I am determined to recycle a portion of that old saw into an 8'' 18tpi dovetail saw! I am amazed by your level of skill and attention to detail! Honestly, I wish you were my grandfather! The font of knowledge you possess is priceless and hand tool craft seems to be dissappearing all to rapidly! Your videos have lit a fire in me I didn't know existed and I'm determined to hone my skills in hand tool woodworking so I can pass a small nugget of this onto the next generation in the hopes of keeping this alive 100 years from now! Please keep up these amazing videos! Your channel is, in my opinion, the most valuable one on this platform! You're a true gentleman and master craftsman and I hope to be a fraction of the man you are when I have grandchildren!

Thankyou for the lessons. Went to the garage and fixed up all my old saws that I thought were useless.

As a first-year Agriculture and shop educator, thank you! I know some basics, but I know a lot more about welding and metal fabrication. Your videos are a huge help and very detailed. I will be showing my classes your videos, and I appreciate you taking the time to make the videos and explain everything you're doing. We have just started a project in my construction class that requires students to make something with no power. This being said the old tools we have need some love. We will be sharpening our saws, planers, and chisels thanks to you!

Paul has a gift, much deeper than his art as a master craftsman

50 or so years ago my father taught me how to sharpen a saw, (crosscut). His mantra was watch, learn and don't interrupt.Can be a difficult way to learn but I never forgot. I have just finished watching all your saw sharpening videos and thank you for, now teaching me how to sharpen a rip saw and refurbish a saw. Your way of sharpening is just the same as Dad's. So thank you for the memories and the knowledge. My saw clamp is a home made trestle with vee joint into which 2 shaped pieces of cornice are slotted. I am off to find my grandfathers rip saw now so I can refurbish it properly. Again many thanks

Woodworking has become a lost art and skill. We need to preserve this skill and pass it on to our children and future generations. The knowledge I have received form you Paul is priceless. Please keep sending these great instructional videos.

I’ve just bought a 14” tenon saw with teeth of every possible size and shape for £6, now with this video I think I have myself a bargain. One man's rubbish is another man's project. Thank you Paul and his team as well for the great camera work.

This man is a genius and sooooo easy to listen to. What a calming and reassuring manner he has. Between his easy-going approach and his incredible knowledge he makes me feel like could do anything. What a great teacher and master of his craft!!!!!

I don't know why but i find this filing of the thin steel plate very satisfying to watch. I have bought an old panel saw on ebay to have a practise on and can't wait to have a go.

Mr Paul is the REAL teacher !!!

Wow. I would have never thought I could completely replace the teeth on a saw. Thanks for the great teaching!

I’m a carpenter turned woodworker now tool restorer You have taught me so much from your wonderful videos Never ending new methods and techniques Can you do a video on working out of a tool chest I know you have a video showing off your awesome tool chest full of tools

I Can't believe! Everyone talking about very expensive tools and you show us how an old tool can work perfectly. Very impressive. I am always learning with you. Not only about woodworking but howto be a simple and smart man. Thanks

I just picked up three vintage saws (two tenon saws and a handsaw) off facebook for £10 and you have just given me faith that I can restore them to their former glory. Thank you so much for making a daunting task seem very doable! Love your videos.

It might sound silly, but you, sir, just made my day! I love the lack of powertools and i love the sound of craftswork!

"accuracy is so important - accuracy always includes sharpness..."

Love it! Rob Cosman (who I admire greatly) would take the blade to his super duper grinder, Paul gets out a hand cranked old stone which probably belonged to his grandfather and clamps it in the vice!!

Thanks ever so much. You gotten me over the hurdle of how to cut new EVENLY spaced teeth. Would grwatly appreciate a video on setting the teeth, which scares me the most as I've broken a few teeth trying to set in the past. Any guidance would be gratefully appreciated. However cant say enough, this video was fantastic.

Very resourceful and outstanding demonstration of workmanship and patience.

Yep.... Paul is a fantastic teacher, and a national treasure 👍

You are AWESOME Paul!!! Thank you so much.

To set about making a new video on anything Paul Sellers has taught us would be as redundant as inventing a new brand of cola. Sorry Stumpy Nubs and Rex Krueger (brilliant and helpful as you both are) this gent is the craftsman and teacher extraordinaire. Thank you Paul.

You are a cool customer Paul. That presentation and style reminds me very much of Jack Hargreaves. I hope you see that as a compliment Paul.

What's more amazing than the skill is the eyesight! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Paul.

This man is a genius, but the most amazing thing about him is his willingness to share his knowledge with us. He is a teacher at heart with the soul of a craftsman. Thank you so much Paul!

Very brilliant . Mister Sellers I'm in your debt, I have a slew of old backsaws I've been purchasing at sales for next to nothing and my idea was to refurbish them . I have a fancy for older tools as I respect the work they have performed through the years . Your techniques are just the things I need to bring them back right as rain . Thank you for your kindness and my God bless you .

a straight up, honest to god, decent bloke, with the skills to match!

Very interesting tutorial. Thanks very much Paul for your time in doing these videos.

Watching you work is a treat, you know exactly what you are doing at every step.

Man, I was so involved in watching the process that I blew off the dust from the blade, just to remember that I was not really there, I was just watching a KZfaq video! Mr. Paul is a truly master teacher, what a gift you are, Sir!

It's really inspiring to see such elegant and in general simple solution of the problems I had resetting my saw! Thank you!

Hello Paul I want to send you a big hug from here in Portugal I want to tell you that I love seeing you in action because you are a great Master, with methods of old that I love to learn and keep these teachings for my life, Master I have very respect and esteem, I want to thank you for all the teachings I received with all your videos because I will keep them with me and take them on my walk, thank you Master

Wow, thank you! After learning this I am now responsible for putting it to work and sharing it with others. You are just amazing! I love this channel!

You are such a good teacher. Thank you for passing down your knowledge to us. God bless

Paul, this is astonishing. You've delivered so much information in such a gentle, clear, concise, and compelling way. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Great video. Thanks Paul. The fellow down below mentioned that your videos will be watched for years to come and I think he's right. A hundred years from now, videos like this will be watched to learn the techniques of the past and these skills will be preserved for future generations.

This is perfectly relaxing for anyone having stress issues. Do not see a doctor, do not swallow pills, watch these video's.

All your videos are great Paul. Instructional, Informative The "I can do that" videos. Nothing better than the inspiration you teach. Thanks

You are really a great teacher on you tube. I have never seen videos like yours. You gave my lot of knowledge about wood working. I love to watch your videos.. Thanks sir Paul seller.. May God bless you good health and long life. Love you ❤

once again I bow my head, paul. it is just so inspirational and a delight to see you in action

Love watching you. I've learned soooooo much from you. It just amazes me how far I've come since I started learning from your videos. Thank you so very much for sharing your wisdom and knowledge with the world.

Thanks, Professor!!! Greetings from Brazil.

OMG !!! I just found an old saw left from my grandfather and I want to restore it. This is so awesome but I feel like it will take forever :D

I'm no woodworker, but I had no idea you could do that. Fantastic. It looks like something anyone can do as long as you have the basic steps down. Great videos as always, Paul.

Mr. Sellers, you have the finest instructional videos. I have learned more about woodworking and tool sharpening since I began watching your channel a couple of months ago, than I had in the previous 20 years combined. Thank you for being an excellent craftsman and teacher.

Brilliant demonstration as usual. It's easy to see why other KZfaqrs refer to your videos. Thank you.

Amazing idea and teaching! I have an old tenon saw so here i go.

this must be one of the most useful videos on youtube thanks for sharing ,i used to have an excuse for not buying every saw i seen i don't now thanks lol

That demystified the saw filing saga... will have to try this on my older saws. Many thanks.

Very impressive and useful videos! Thanks, Mr. Sellers!

I Scored a very old 1920's I"d guess 16inch backsaw with Craftsman Etched plate with Warranted Superior on very nice handle for 10$ "It looks suspiciously exactly like the 16 inch disstons" It'was nearly Straight and worth saving as its very hard and double taper ground. Thanks to this video I didn't waste my time trying to fix the %#*#!) off teeth and instead filed down and started from scratch which I would never ever have done without the confidence I gained from watching this. I Put much larger teach on it than it would have had originally and modeled the pattern after a Disston Pruning saw Left point, Right Point, Double center raker point. repeat. and its amazing, It Is now my go to general purpose saw for nearly everything except long rips!!

you have the patience of a demi god. quite impressive level of skill and knowledge.

Another "classic". I'm happy to be watching this video again. I recommend seeing this one at least once a year.

Paul, you have the patience of Job.

Very detailed and instructional. Glad I watched. Thank you Mr. Sellers!

Paul, thank you so much, this skill I was taught as a first year apprentice, but if you don’t use you lose it, memories came flooding back to the point I could now teach a student to do this! I have dozens of of old saws requiring refurbishment, and now have the inspiration to get going and teach another generation my skills which I fear will die with me unless I can pass it on. We shipwrights are a dieng

Damn boy! Paul Sellers....my favorite mini series... I guess I watched all his videos at least 2 times and I keep finding them interesting. Great teaching...Thank you for sharing!!

Absolutely amazing. I wouldn't have thought it possible. I hate to say it but I probably would have thrown that saw away if I hadn't seen your video. You are a true craftsman.

Paul, I will say it again. You are not only a master craftsman but and incredible detailed instructor! I thank you for this lesson as I will be doing this in the near future. By the way and just for laughs, how long ago did you learn this and tell me about the craftsman that taught you.

Excellent procedure and method! no more dead saws in my shop. I got a few from Ebay that needs this done, Thank You Paul for your wealth of knowledge and patience to teach this.

Thanks for sharing Paul,great job

You are the real guru.

Awesomely educational. 30 min well spent.

Masterful Mr. Sellers, you are a great teacher!

I just got a saw like that, so I am reviewing this video to set it up correctly. Master Sellers, your knowledge is passed on. Thank you.

Wow thank you Paul for your lessons you are an incredible teacher!

I notice your work is very precise at every stage. I think it's safe to say such precision will take me some time to reach. That said, a very clear instructional that makes the possibility of recutting and resizing saw teeth not out of the realm of the imagination.

Unbelievable. I don't think anyone but Paul could pull off making this entire process interesting. This man is a born teacher.

Good teachings.... Never had this idea before in my life...just too educational

You are an amazing teacher. Thank you.

Brilliant. Thank you for a fascinating video. It must be so satisfying to have the knowledge and the skill to retrieve a tool in such poor condition and return it to a fully functional one. Your videos are recording, and preserving, historical skills that will be watched by woodworkers for many years to come.

Thanks Paul, learning all the time from your videos, this is giving me the confidence to sharpen my own saws.

I love you Paul 😁

There are so many things that I thought I could never do, such as sharpening saws and thanks to these videos, I can see that these are not such tedious and painstaking things as I once thought they were.I would have never even dreamed of cutting new teeth for a saw before, but now I think that if I need to, I could do it.

You sir, are an artist. Half hour well spent. Learned a lot. Thanks for sharing your expertise.

Thank you so much Today I decided to attempt to renovate my late father in laws rusty Diston saw. Some teeth were missing and I knew there was no alternative to filing them all off. I didn’t know how to accurately get the correct teeth spacing. Now I know and am looking forward to tomorrow to try the techniques you used. After filing all the teeth off, I rubbed some engineers marking blue along a sprit level then rubbed the filed edge of the saw along it to identify high spots and filed the high spots off until I got the blade edge totally flat along its whole length Thank you so much and thanks for the we superb quality of the video

Quite simply one of the best videos that I've watched of yours Mr Sellers. Thank you for sharing with all of us.

This is like therapy

The perfect teacher, thanks

As usual complete information and great teaching. Thank you.

Just what I was looking for. I have a rip saw with severely rounded over teeth but I don't think I will go as far as filing them all the way down. Excellent tutorials. I got my hand planes in order with your other video. Subscribed

This is an incredible technique, but I will also say one Hell of a learning curve. The most important thing I've found is slow down, take your time and be patient. I've had to file everything off multiple times because I got into a rush before. Slow down and just enjoy the process and time in your shop with your tools, learning new skills.

amazing patience. Thank you for your teachings

Very well done Paul. Now I'm looking forward to improving my saws. Thanks for the video.

great to watch as it is adding more interest to the woodwork you are showing us, thank you very much.

Superb, thanks Paul.

I don't know, if it's as easy as it looks (everything you do looks so easy to me), but now I know how to do and I can and will try, when I get an old saw. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge!

Awesome instructional mr sellers, thank you for all you do.