Thread: Mitre Box

I can't speak to the Stanley boxes as to precision, because I have a Millers-Falls Langdon Acme box; but with that, on softwood, I can trim a saw-kerf's width of wood from moderately sized pieces.

Originally Posted by macg

Paul,

thanks for your informative response.

I saw your ute saw post at the time but, read over it gain to refresh the information.

Looking a the freshly filed teeth, they appear not to be produced from a regular 60 degrees saw file.

They look like the teeth on a Disston #120 Acme no set saw.

If they are not an optical illusion, what type of file did you use?

Was it a cant saw fie? or one of those flat diamond shaped files?

Graham.

Graham

It must be an optical illusion: Just standard 60° saw files. The sloped gullets do tend to make the teeth look taller than we are used to.

Regards
Paul

Bill Houghton asked for some pix, I presume of the sloped gullets.

These are taken from the thread I linked on the docking saw, which had 4½ppi. It is easier to see the principle with the large teeth:

Docking saw sloped gullets 1.JPGDocking saw sloped gullets 2.JPGDocking saw sloped gullets 3.JPG

I will be doing some more dental work on the mitre saw so I will probably put up some more pix as I go. Work dictates are getting in the way for the moment.

Regards
Paul

Actually, Bill Houghton inadvertently hit the wrong button and didn't know how to withdraw the request; but thanks for posting nice clear pictures of a nice sharpening job.

Originally Posted by Bill Houghton

Actually, Bill Houghton inadvertently hit the wrong button and didn't know how to withdraw the request; but thanks for posting nice clear pictures of a nice sharpening job.

Bill

No problem. In fact I thought that might be the case as I have done it myself. At work we call it the "fat finger syndrome," but I did not wish to appear rude suggesting such a scenario.



Regards
Paul