I lost my temper with a disston 12" tenon saw this afternoon in a mitre block and bent the fookin thing in sheer anger at my hungover inability to produce decent cuts.

Not sure how old it was but hey ho.. Kept the handle as a keep sake. the blade got thrown in the extractor skip

Thinking of either getting a Lie Nielsen, Roberts & Lee or another eBay Disston.. And definitley won't be heading to the same miserable demise as it's ancestor

Or something else?? Don't buy into throw away saws unless they're just for rough(ish) work etc.

Cheers

redarmy

I knew this chippy and he had tyzack and turner saws, said they were the best, just out of interest do you sharpen your saws yourself.

Nah , do I chuff..

Wouldn't know where to start. I'm only 23 and have never been shown.

I'd like to learn though.. We send them to a place in Bolton along with machinery blades and router cutters etc a tenon saw is usually around 6 quid.. Send it every 8 weeks or so.

Cheers for that I'll check them out.. My boss users lie Nielsen and they are outstandingly good

I got told off for using a general purpose hardpoint saw at college for doing tenons with and for holding a square against the work and using that for the cut line.

Had to point out to the lecturer that I did the best joints was quicker than anyone else and also three projects ahead and at work I would only have a tool box which I worked off for a bench and not a tardis, so he muttered and walked off.

I do however own a tenon saw...cheap plastic handled 5hit one that I have had for donkeys years and hardly ever used, may be because I didn't listen to the lecturer telling me off ha ha.

i have a couple of old distons (or however its spelt) in the shed here. there blunt and rusty which is a shame.

when i was at school (im 29 btw) all we used were distons. had propper brass backed tennon saws etc. il bet they all got binned in the end which is a shame.

id actually also like to know how to sharpen them up. there was a place in south shields that did handsaws circ blades router bits etc. but the old bloke retired. nowt else round here that ive found.

i lost my plastic shitty tennon saw ages ago. just use a bahco 244 for any hand saw cuts.

never used any of the expensive types of saw.

I have sharpened my non hard point saws for many years. Basically you need a saw set to set the angle of the teeth, and a tapered saw file. I think the angle on the teeth is 30 degrees from memory. Try on a couple of old saws before a decent one. Go down one side first then turn the saw around and go down the other side. It does take some time to sharpen them however.

Being a tight sod I also sharpen my wood cutting jigsaw blades.

HTH

Peter C

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Hey fin i got the setter to replace my old one from here Saw teeth setter & files when i got mine it had instructions how to set the best angle for multiple wood types for one tooth setting, but i dont know if they still give them with it, it was 2 years ago but its still worth it.

i probably wouldnt buy one right now but if i had saws inront of me i might for a shot at getting them to work again.