Thread: When ... goes wrong

I can only imagine the wood would cut itself out of fear.


Or pity.

That's actually a rare sharpening technique known as 'camelback sharpening' which provides variable attack angles and is suited for woods of unpredictable hardness; it ensures that each stroke has an equal possibility of jamming the blade or digging into a nearby thumb....

...or not....

That blade is just too good to sharpen. It needs to go behind glass and be made into some sort of perpetual woodworking trophy, along the lines of 'biggest klutz of the year'.

What, you're not going to rescue the blade??

Imagine how long it would take to joint.

I agree with MS, but I'd go one step further and restore the blade (de-rust it) for maximum impact. Maybe even give the teeth a touch up (if you have enough different files to cover them all).

EDIT: OH NO! I've just seen that it's a Disston too! E-gads!

The thing that grinds my corn ... of course this would be a saw that has a relatively clear and visible etch.

A true work o'fart.

Paul

How the hell did that happen!? I particularly love the small section of small, low teeth near the heel. Genius.

I agree with Splinter, mount it like a fish and preserve its perfection.

What on earth was he thinking!?

You would have to think the person who achieved that had some pretty severe visual problems. My old pot made a bit of a mess of his saws the last few times he tried to file them, but they weren't even remotely in this league. This saw sets the benchmark, forever!

Cheers,

Goes to show ... No use filing a saw when you have Hay-fever!

Or was it that old game of "Spin Me 10 Times and Point Me Toward the Handsaw" ?

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Imagine how long it would take to joint.

A quick way to joint something like this would be with my water cooled thin kerf cutting blade metal cutting table saw. It would take about 10 minutes to cut those teeth off and get the edge straight without affecting the temper.

Originally Posted by BobL

A quick way to joint something like this would be with my water cooled thin kerf cutting blade metal cutting table saw. It would take about 10 minutes to cut those teeth off and get the edge straight without affecting the temper.

Unless the tempering is only done to within an inch or less of where the teeth <should normally be>

there's nothing wrong with that saw its sharpened in a crocodile pattern ,oh wait a Disston make that aligator pattern.

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No use filing a saw when you have Hay-fever!

There are a number of possibilities to explain how this saw came to be in such a state

• It's a magician's saw. Not for cutting ladies in skimpy one piece bathing suits (and eight inch high heels) in half, but being able to cut anything at all.
• It's a musician's or singing saw and meant for playing with a violin bow and producing a high pitched wail.
• It's a skin specialists "Running sore" and will obviously take a long time to clear up.
• It's an optomatrists "eye sore" as can be seen.
• It's a trainee dentist's saw to introduce them to filing and fixing teeth.
• Or, its a saw that belongs to a half blind, pot, sixty five year old, semi-demented, dark-sider with a bad case of wank shakes (like myself) who thought he'd have a go because he saw Chris Vesper do it at a Timber show once and it looked easy.