: -----Original Message-----
: From: Roger Nixon [mailto:oreoblues@y...]
: Sent: 20 January 2003 14:56
: To: oldtools
: Cc: oldtools
: Subject: [oldtools] Re: saw sharpening made a little easier

: --- paul womack  wrote:
: SNIP
:
: > Observing exactly when the flat disappears can be
: > tricky. A particular problem is that as the tiny last
: > vestige of a flat disappears, a tiny filing burr
: > *APPEARS*. Depending on your lighting and eyesight,
: > this burr can reflect light a little like a flat,
: > so you keep on filing... (BAD).

There is a school of thought that says you should leave the tiniest
vestige of a flat. Then you know you haven't gone too far. I think there
is some sense in this since the very tips of the teeth will be eroded
within the first few strokes.

Jeff, who must have missed the start of this thread.
-- 
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
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