Saw Sharpening

[Froggy]

Hi All,

About a year ago I bought 2 old but nice looking saws (1 tenon, 1 dovetail). Unfortunately I've hardly used them because they need sharpening. I've seen this done and bought myself a saw set but when I tried to file the saw teeth with my dull, cheap file very little happened #-o
So my question is, before I waste more money on the wrong tool, can any one point me in the direction of a good quality file that would be ideal for sharpening saws?

Thanks in advance Froggy.

 

[lanemaux]

Froggy , suggest you ask on the Hand Tools area. Many will see your posting here , yet a faster reply is likely there. Many of the hand tool folk can point you to just the answer you are looking for.

 

[TobyB]

Talk to Matthew at Workshop Heaven ... "matthewwh" here on the forums ... supplied me with the right tool and some very helpful instructions ...

 

[Paul Chapman]

Matthew's also done some good demonstrations on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9FC6LnHT7A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQxYvK-Rro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MubAmcNytAk

Cheers :ho2

Paul

 

[Alf]

Here ya go. Matthew's helpfully put the range of tpi each file is suitable for in the description. Easy peasy.

 

[Froggy]

Hi everyone, Thanks for your replies. I feel a bit stupid now...should've been the first place I looked as I've seen Matthew's utube offerings!! You're right Alf (as usual) couldn't be much easier to choose. And you're right Lanemaux, I should've gone to the handtools section. I'll the hang of it one day....I hope