>
> I would like to know what the problem is with my 10 point
crosscut.  As
> I am cutting along a line, the saw starts to cut toward
the right, and
> in 6 inches will be about 1/16" away from the line.
Nothing will stop
> it from doing this.

Jim,
The teeth on the right side of your saw have more set than
the left.  It makes the saw turn right.  Lay the saw on your
bench and run an oilstone along the teeth on the right side
to take some of the length off the teeth.  Two passes will
probably do it.  Try the saw.  That's a normal part of the
sharpening job and this sort of fix is commonly needed.  So
far as your saw sharpener thinking it's impossible, he
probably doesn't use handsaws as much as he sharpens them.
Helps when you're diagnosing problems.

Erik von Sneidern
The Disstonian Institute -- Online Reference for Disston
Handsaws
http://home.earthlink.net/~enrico62/Index.html