Quote Originally Posted by Dion N View Post
Thanks for all the replies and advice. My entire budget has now been transferred to Mr Rob Lee's retirement fund! I have ordered the MKII honing guide, waterstone, BU smoother, LA Jack and Apron Block plane. 8-12 weeks in the supposed delivery timeframe.

in the meantime ... I took the old Tyzack dovetail I bought last year and filed off all the teeth. Using the pictures on the Norse Woodsmith site http://www.norsewoodmsith.com, I recut it to 13 PPI rip (using a 4" Extra Slim Taper - I know it should of been Double Extra slim, but that's the only file I had) Next, I perused the mountains of junk in my local 2nd hand store and managed to accquire an Eclipse no 77 saw set in Brass for $20. It cuts OK and leaves a smooth finish, but grabs a little as I didn't quite get the teeth evenly sized. Still, I'm happy with my first attempt.
Good one Dion!

2 things re sharpening the Tyzack.
1 - Have you 'stoned' the sides of the saw? ie run a stone lightly down each side of the saw. Or you can do what I did and run each side across sandpaper on glass/marble. If you mark each tooth with a marker pen first it might be the case that one or more of the teeth protrude further than the others.
2 - If it is a jointing problem, you can either find the offending tooth and 'top' just that tooth. Something I found handy are the 2 pdf files at the end of bugbears saw page http://www.geocities.com/plybench/saw_sharpen.html. If you print off the 'filing new teeth' one and use it as a template next time it might help.

cheers,

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Mark